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{{Short description|Enclosure of palisades and tall walls made of logs}}
{{about|the architectural element}}[[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|title=Stockade - Cambridge Dictionary|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stockade}}</ref>
== Etymology ==
''Stockade'' is derived from the French word ''estocade''. The French word was derived from the Spanish word ''estacada''.
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