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‖ estaˈcade Mil.
Also 8 erron. estocade.
[Fr., ad. Sp. estacada, f. estaca stake; sense 2 arises from a confusion with It. steccata (which has this sense), f. stecca lath.]
1. A dike constructed of piles in the sea, a river, or a morass, to check the approach of an enemy. Cf. stockade.
1663Gerbier Counsel C viij b, The Town had held out till the Sea overturned the Ditch and the Estacade. 1755Carte Hist. Eng. IV. 194 Beyond that a third of ships sunk forming an estocade. 1777Watson Philip II (1793) II. xiii. 171/2 He formed in the most shallow parts an estacade, a work of prodigious labour. 1847in Craig.
b. An arrangement of stakes for defence.
1827Southey Penins. 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.
1670Cotton Espernon ii. viii. 393 He propounded..a Machine, which was an Estacade, or kind of floating Fort. |