† ˈstacket, n. Sc. Obs.
[a. Du. staket (whence G. stacket); of Fr. origin, though the precise source is uncertain. Cf. OF. estacade (see staccado), also estachete, estaquete cord fencing in the lists, also post, stake.]
A palisade.
| 1637 R. Monro Exped. i. 51 We brake downe the Stacket, and the Towne not walled, we entred the broade side. 1819 Scott Leg. Montrose x, I would advise you to fortify the said sconce, not only by a foussie, or graffe, but also by certain stackets, or palisades. |
Hence ˈstacket, v. trans., to raise a palisade about.
| 1637 R. Monro Exped. ii. 8 We did worke all of us night and day, till we had Stacketed the Wall about, the height of a man above the Parapet. |