estacaden.

Forms: Also 1700s estocade.

Etymology: French, < Spanish estacada , < estaca stake; sense 2 arises from a confusion with Italian steccata (which has this sense), < stecca lath.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: estaˈcade.

Military.

a. A dike constructed of piles in the sea, a river, or a morass, to check the approach of an enemy. Cf. stockade n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > barriers in water > constructed of piles

estacade1664

estacado1810

1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. c5^v The Town had held out till the Sea over-turned the Ditch and the Estacade.

a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 194 Beyond that a third of ships sunk forming an estocade.

1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. xiii. 440 He..formed in the most shallow parts an estacade, a work of a prodigious labour.

1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.

b. An arrangement of stakes for defence.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > palisade or stockade > [noun]

shide-wallc1000

barrierc1380

peel?a1400

bails1523

palisade1588

stockado1608

stockade1614

fraise1775

picket1779

estacade1827

zariba1849

boma1860

1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 715 The Spaniards made every exertion to defend it [a breach in the Baluarte del Rey] with sacks of earth, estacades, and whatever other obstacles they could oppose to the enemy.

2. A raft made of balks of timber, fastened together with chains, used to block up a channel or harbour-mouth.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > barriers in water

boom1645

estacade1670

water bar1683

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon ii. viii. 393 He propounded..a Machine, which was an Estacade, or kind of floating Fort.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	estacade
释义	estacaden. Forms: Also 1700s estocade. Etymology: French, < Spanish estacada , < estaca stake; sense 2 arises from a confusion with Italian steccata (which has this sense), < stecca lath.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: estaˈcade. Military. 1. a. A dike constructed of piles in the sea, a river, or a morass, to check the approach of an enemy. Cf. stockade n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > barriers in water > constructed of piles estacade1664 estacado1810 1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. c5^v The Town had held out till the Sea over-turned the Ditch and the Estacade. a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 194 Beyond that a third of ships sunk forming an estocade. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. xiii. 440 He..formed in the most shallow parts an estacade, a work of a prodigious labour. 1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. b. An arrangement of stakes for defence. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > palisade or stockade > [noun] shide-wallc1000 barrierc1380 peel?a1400 bails1523 palisade1588 stockado1608 stockade1614 fraise1775 picket1779 estacade1827 zariba1849 boma1860 1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 715 The Spaniards made every exertion to defend it [a breach in the Baluarte del Rey] with sacks of earth, estacades, and whatever other obstacles they could oppose to the enemy. 2. A raft made of balks of timber, fastened together with chains, used to block up a channel or harbour-mouth. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > barriers in water boom1645 estacade1670 water bar1683 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon ii. viii. 393 He propounded..a Machine, which was an Estacade, or kind of floating Fort. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1664
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