stockade
Example Sentences
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Sr. recalls he started writing when he was in the stockade during the army.
From Salon
Next spring, Crawmer and other researchers hope to determine the full size of the stockade and perform a focused search for artifacts within and around it.
From Seattle Times
The team found someone living today whose ancestor was imprisoned in the Lone Rock stockade nearly 140 years ago.
From Seattle Times
A medical survey found that in one stockade, the average captive gained 5.4 kilograms over 10 months.
From New York Times
In the later stages of Cahokia, the ruling class surrounded themselves with fortified wooden stockades, including a two-mile long wall that enclosed Monks Mound.
From Salon
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