stockade

• Cerca o fortificación defensiva hecha de estacas o troncos clavados verticalmente en el suelo, o campamento de prisioneros con tales cercas, a menudo de condiciones duras.

A noun referring to a defensive barrier made of strong posts set upright in the ground, or a penal camp where prisoners are confined, often under harsh conditions.

1. Defensive fenceB2formal

   A barrier or enclosure made of strong, upright posts, used for defense or protection.

   Estacada defensiva

   • The settlers built a stockade around their village for protection.
   • The fort was surrounded by a high wooden stockade.
   • They reinforced the stockade with additional logs.

   Sinónimosbarricadebarrierbulwarkenclosurefencepalisaderampartwall

2. Prison campC1formal

   A confined area, often with harsh conditions, used to hold prisoners of war or political prisoners.

   Campo de prisioneros

   • The soldiers were held in a stockade for several months.
   • Conditions in the stockade were extremely difficult.
   • The prisoners managed to escape from the stockade at night.

   Sinónimosconcentration campinternment campprison camp

• Verbo que significa cercar o fortificar un área con una barrera de estacas o postes verticales, generalmente para protección o aislamiento.

A verb meaning to enclose or fortify an area with a barrier of upright stakes or posts, typically for defense or confinement.

1. Fortify with a barrierC1formal

   To surround or enclose an area with a stockade, typically for defense or protection.

   Empalizar

   • The settlers stockaded their village to protect against attacks.
   • They stockaded the camp with tall wooden posts.
   • The fort was stockaded to withstand a siege.

   Sinónimosbarricadeenclosefencefortifypalisade