Stockade
Stockade , noun
[French estacade stockade, boom (confused in French with estocade; see 1st Stoccado); from Italian steccata a palisade (influenced by Old French estach, estaque, a stake, post), or from Sp. estacada a palisade; both of German origin, and akin to English stake, stick; compare German stecken stick, Old High German steccho. See Stake, n., Stick, n. & transitive verb, and compare Estacade, Stacket.]
1.
(Military) A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification.
2.
An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes.
Stockade , transitive verb
To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade.