1. surrounding or enclosing with a stockade (a defensive barrier of wooden posts)

1. the act or process of building a stockade around something

Examples

• The settlers were stockading their village against potential attacks.
• They spent weeks stockading the perimeter of the fort.
• The stockading of the compound was completed by winter.
• Military engineers supervised the stockading operation.
• The stockading provided essential protection for the outpost.
• Workers began stockading the area at dawn.