Hypertext Webster Gateway: "estacade"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Estacade \Es`ta*cade"\, n. [F.; cf. It. steccata, Sp. estacada.
Cf. {Stake}.] (Mil.)
A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check the
approach of an enemy.


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