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Definition of Stockades
1. stockade [v] - See also: stockade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stockades
Literary usage of Stockades
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"stockades at the Confluence of the Rangoon and Lyne Rivers ... stockades onthe
River Bank destroyed. — Madras Troops sent against ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"When their movements first attracted the notice of the British Government, their
general was erecting strong forts and stockades at convenient positions, ..."
3. The History of British India: From 1805 to 1835 by Horace Hayman Wilson (1848)
"Re-appearance of the Burmas,—Defeat of part of their Force,—Affair at Dalla
stockades at the Confluence of the Rangoon and Lyne Rivers, ..."
4. Fighting the Slave-hunters in Central Africa: A Record of Twenty-six Years by Alfred James Swann (1910)
"A few, who resided near, declared it impossible to remain unless we erected
stockades around the villages. In order to quiet their fears this was done, ..."
5. The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century by Herbert Levi Osgood (1904)
"Hadley, Northampton, and Hatfield had built stockades, and found them a sufficient
protection. The building of a stockade about twelve miles in length from ..."
6. The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century by Herbert Levi Osgood (1904)
"The towns of the interior, unless with here and there an exception, possessed no
defences except stockades and garrison houses. When Massachusetts, in 1667, ..."
7. Life of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1908)
"... the Rescue of Athens—Forrest's Clever Strategy and Bluff —Capture of Several
stockades Near Athens—The Federal Forts at Sulphur Trestle Surrounded—After ..."
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