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Definition of Estacade
1. n. A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check the approach of an enemy.
Definition of Estacade
1. Noun. (military) A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to hinder the approach of an enemy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Estacade
1. a riverbed barrier of piles to thwart the enemy [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Estacade
Literary usage of Estacade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. VIth International Inland Navigation Congress, The Hague, 1894: Reports (1894)
"Une estacade avec une série de grues qui constituent la partie essentielle ...
L'estacade (AB) parallèle au canal est installée sur le terre-plein du quai ..."
2. Belgium and Holland, Including the Grand-duchy of Luxembourg: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1905)
"At the other end of the Digue rises the Lighthouse, at the entrance of a small
Harbour, protected from silting by an 'estacade', which extends into the sea ..."
3. Belgium and Holland, Including the Grand-duchy of Luxembourg: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1905)
"At the other end of the Digue rises the Lighthouse, at the entrance of a small
Harbour, protected from silting by an 'estacade', ..."
4. The Appreciation of Pictures by Russell Sturgis (1905)
"Plate XXXIX J is such a picture, and it is known as L'estacade, that is to say
... But con- 1 I "nr Tempe'te sur le bord des Digues, called also L'estacade: ..."
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