sb. 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 down 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 Stacket 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.
