stockading
Building defensive walls
Stockading is the act of enclosing an area with a stockade—a defensive barrier made of upright wooden posts or stakes driven into the ground.
Historically, stockading was used to fortify military positions, protect settlements from attack, or confine prisoners.
The term can also refer to the punishment of being confined within a stockade, a type of military prison.
The soldiers spent the morning stockading the perimeter of the camp.
Obstacle blocking a path
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- boundaryLine marking a limit
border · perimeter · demarcation · obstacle · blockade · hurdle · cordoning · obstruction
Fence of pointed stakes
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- bulwarkDefensive fortification or safeguard
- bastionFortified defensive position
- redoubtEnclosed temporary fortification
parapet · battlements · entrenchment · revetment · stronghold · citadel · garrison · bunker
Fenced livestock enclosure
- penInk-filled writing tool
- paddockSmall fenced animal enclosure
- compoundCombined into one
- yardLinear measure or grounds
encampment · perimeter · confines · fencing · containment · impoundment · prisoner · detention
barricade
Obstacle blocking a path
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
boundary · border · perimeter · demarcation · obstacle · blockade · hurdle · cordoning · obstruction · separation
palisade
Fence of pointed stakes
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- bulwarkDefensive fortification or safeguard
- bastionFortified defensive position
redoubt · parapet · battlements · entrenchment · revetment · stronghold · citadel · garrison · bunker · outpost
corral
Fenced livestock enclosure
yard · encampment · perimeter · confines · fencing · containment · impoundment · prisoner · detention · captivity
- fortifyingfortifying, reinforcing, barricading, shoring up, buttressing
stockadingfreeing
Releasing from confinement
liberating · releasing · opening · emancipating · letting loose
stockadingdemolishing
Destroying a structure completely
dismantling · exposing · razing · breaching · tearing down
stockadingopening
Gap or start
exposing · clearing · widening · open range · open country