stockades in English
noun
1
a barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defense against attack or as a means of confining animals.
Villages of 300 to 600 people were protected by a triple-walled stockade of wooden stakes 15 to 20 feet tall.
verb
1
enclose (an area) by erecting a stockade.
Terraces and stockaded villages were scattered in the high mountains on both sides of the Nujiang River.
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1. Forts, Stockades and Blockhouses
2. Cherokee people were herded into stockades, then forced to get on boats and to march overland
3. The Queen lived in a palace, which was surrounded by walls and stockades protected by armed guards; their discipline was extremely strict. (tr.
4. The siege was unsuccessful but the threat of a larger force of hostile Indians caused the settlers to build a second blockhouse on the south side and connect these two blockhouse with a series of Breastworks and stockades