stockades (Meaning)
stockades
a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense, an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes, to fortify or surround with a stockade, an enclosure in which prisoners are kept, to protect or surround with a stockade
Synonyms & Antonyms of stockades
Synonyms:
- prison camps
- labor camps
- gulags
- guardhouses
- keeps
- bridewells
- cans
- holds
- work camps
- concentration camps
- slammers
- bastilles
- calabooses
- joints
- bull pens
- reform schools
- cells
- glasshouses
- holes
- quods
- reformatories
- jailhouses
- nicks
- wards
- tolbooths
- hoosegows
- clinks
- slams
- blocks
- stirs
- oubliettes
- hulks
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
stockades Sentence Examples
- The prisoners were held captive within the towering stockades that surrounded the prison.
- The villagers erected a barricade of sharpened logs, forming a formidable stockade to protect their settlement.
- The soldiers retreated behind the stockades, preparing for the impending attack.
- The wooden stockades creaked and groaned under the weight of the enemy's assault.
- The rebels breached the stockades, overrunning the fort with ease.
- The remains of the old stockade stood as a silent testament to the bloody battles that had taken place there.
- The architects designed the fort with intricate stockades, ensuring its impregnability.
- The ancient stockades had weathered storms and invasions, bearing witness to the passage of time.
- The towering stockades cast long shadows across the landscape, creating an atmosphere of foreboding.
- The prisoners escaped through a secret tunnel that ran beneath the stockades.
FAQs About the word stockades
a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense, an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes, to fortify or surround with a stockade, an enclosure in whic
penitentiaries,jails, prisons, big houses, pens, hocks, lockups, jugs,brigs, coops
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The prisoners were held captive within the towering stockades that surrounded the prison.
The villagers erected a barricade of sharpened logs, forming a formidable stockade to protect their settlement.
The soldiers retreated behind the stockades, preparing for the impending attack.
The wooden stockades creaked and groaned under the weight of the enemy's assault.
