Army soldier stockade

Stockade
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stock·ade
/stäˈkād/
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noun
a barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defense against attack or as a means of confining animals.
"they built stockades around their towns"
verb
enclose (an area) by erecting a stockade.
"they fortified themselves strongly and stockaded the city"
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EX. "After leaving the caverns on MT 2, you'll pass a large area on the left that looks like an F Troop stockade with an old railroad bridge out front.."

(from a book).

On 5/13/2022 1:02 PM, bruce bowser wrote:
> Army soldier stockade

> Stockade definition stock·ade /stäˈkād/ Learn to pronounce See
> definitions in: All Penal Military noun a barrier formed from upright
> wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defense against attack or as
> a means of confining animals. "they built stockades around their
> towns" verb enclose (an area) by erecting a stockade. "they fortified
> themselves strongly and stockaded the city" --------------------- EX.
> "After leaving the caverns on MT 2, you'll pass a large area on the
> left that looks like an F Troop stockade with an old railroad bridge
> out front."

> (from a book).

AKA "palisade" or even "pale", in some uses. In Spanish, "palo" can be
a word for tree: "Palo Alto", "palo borracho".

https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=palisade&ref=searchbar_searchhint

-ade 1. a suffix found in nouns denoting action or process or a person or persons acting, appearing in loanwords from French and sometimes from Spanish (cannonade; fusillade; renegade), but also attached to native stems: blockade; escapade; masquerade.

-- https://www.dictionary.com/browse/-ade#:~:text=%2Dade%201,%3A%20blockade%3B%20escapade%3B%20masquerade.