Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dike formed of piles set in the sea, a river, or a morass, and connected by chains, to check the approach of an enemy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mil.) A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check the approach of an enemy.
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- noun military A
dike ofpiles in thesea , ariver , etc., to hinder theapproach of anenemy .
Etymologies
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French; compare Italian steccata, Spanish estacada, and English stake.
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