What does stockade mean?
Word: Stockade
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Stockade means a protective wall made of tall logs fixed upright in the ground.
Synonyms: palisade
How do you spell stockade?
Syllables: stock - ade
Tricky part: The k sound in the middle is spelt ck, as in stock: stokade and stocade are both wrong.
Watch out for: stokade, stocade
Memory tip: Think of a hockey stick: the ck in hockey and stick also sits in the middle of stockade.
Stockade in a sentence
Example 1: The settlers built a stockade around their huts.
Example 2: Children at the heritage park climbed up to the lookout above the stockade.
Example 3: A stockade of bamboo poles kept the goats safe at night.
Fun Fact
Stockade came into English in the 1600s, through French, from Spanish estacada, built on estaca, 'stake', a pointed post.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
At the hill camp, the Scouts helped repair the old csedtako around the store huts.
a) blockade
b) cascade
c) stockade
d) stockpile
Show answer
c) stockade. Blockade needs a b and an l, cascade a second c and a second a, and stockpile a p, an i and an l.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word stockade as used in the sentence:
The museum has rebuilt part of the stockade that once surrounded the frontier village.
a) tunnel
b) moat
c) fence
d) tower
Show answer
c) fence. A stockade is a strong fence of posts; a moat is a ditch of water and a tower stands up on its own.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
stock_d_
a) e, e
b) a, e
c) a, a
d) i, e
Show answer
b) a, e. The ending is ade, as in lemonade and parade.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one word in the list is misspelt. Choose the meaning of that word.
1. fortrass 2. rampart 3. watchtower 4. stockade
a) a wide wall of earth or stone around a fort
b) a tall tower from which guards keep a lookout
c) a wall of upright wooden posts
d) a large, strongly built fort
Show answer
d) a large, strongly built fort. Fortress ends in ess; stockade, rampart and watchtower are correct.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why might a farmer build a stockade around a cattle pen?
a) to make the cattle easier to count each day
b) to keep the cattle safe from wild animals
c) to help the cattle eat their fodder faster
d) to give the cattle some shade at noon
Show answer
b) to keep the cattle safe from wild animals
2. Stockades were once built around ____.
a) school libraries
b) modern shopping malls
c) city bus stops
d) frontier settlements
Show answer
d) frontier settlements
