stockade

A defensive barrier made of strong posts or timbers driven upright side by side into the ground.

A similar fenced or enclosed area, especially one used for protection.

A jail on a military base.

To fortify, protect, or surround with a stockade.

To encompass or fortify with posts or piles fixed in the ground.

In fortification, a fence or barrier constructed by planting upright in the ground timber, piles, or trunks of trees, so as to inclose an area which is to be defended.

An inclosure or pen made with posts and stakes.

In hydraulic engineering, a row of piles serving as a breakwater, or to protect an embankment.

To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade.