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{{Short description|Enclosure of palisades and tall walls made of logs}}
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{{about|the architectural element}}{{More citations needed|date=April 2022}}[[File:Elizabeth Il Apple River Fort2.JPG|thumb|This historical reconstruction, of an 1832 civilian fort, from the [[BlackhawkBlack Hawk War]], in [[Illinois]], featured a stockade with a [[blockhouse]].]]▼
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A '''stockade''' is an enclosure of [[palisade]]s and tall walls, made of logs placed side by side vertically, with the tops sharpened as a [[defensive wall]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Stockade - Cambridge Dictionary|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stockade|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>▼
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▲[[File:Elizabeth Il Apple River Fort2.JPG|thumb|This historical reconstruction, of an 1832 civilian fort, from the [[Blackhawk War]], in [[Illinois]], featured a stockade with a [[blockhouse]].]]
▲A '''stockade''' is an enclosure of [[palisade]]s and tall walls, made of logs placed side by side vertically, with the tops sharpened as a [[defensive wall]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Stockade - Cambridge Dictionary|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stockade|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
== Etymology ==
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== As a frontier outpostEtymology ==
''Stockade'' is derived from the French word ''estocade''. The French word was derived from the Spanish word ''estacada''.
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==As a security fence==
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==As a military prison==
[[File:Andersonville Prison.jpg|thumb|[[Andersonville Prison]], surrounded by three rows of stockades.]]
The word stockade also refers to a [[military prison]] in an army camp. In some cases, the term was applied to a crude prison camp or a slave camp. In these cases, the stockade keeps people inside, rather than out.
 
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==See also==
* [[Security fence]]
* [[Tower and stockade]], Zionist settlement form during the 1930s Arab revolt in Palestine
 
== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
*{{Cite book|last=Nicolle|first=David|title=Ottoman Fortifications 1300-1710|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=2010|isbn=|location=|pages=}}
*{{Cite book|last=Murphey|first=Rhoads|title=Ottoman Warfare 1500-1700|publisher=|year=1999|isbn=|location=|pages=}}
 
{{Fortifications}}
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