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   Bar·ri·cade

   /ˈberəˌkād/

   

   noun

   • 1. an improvised barrier erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or delay the movement of opposing forces: "they built barricades in the narrow streets"

   verb

   • 1. block or defend with an improvised barrier: "he barricaded the door with a bureau"
   • ▪ shut (oneself or someone) into a place by blocking all the entrances: "detainees who barricaded themselves into their dormitory"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French, from barrique ‘cask’, from Spanish barrica; related to barrel (barrels often being used to build barricades).

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   barricade noun. Meaning & use. 1. 2. 3. 1. 1642–. An obstruction hastily erected across a path or street to stop an enemy's advance; = barricado n. 1. 1642. They had cast upp a travers or barricade. S. Harcourt in Macmillan's Mag. vol. 45 290. 1670. All the world has heard of the Barricades of Paris.

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   n. a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy. any barrier that obstructs passage. v.t. to obstruct or block with a barricade: barricading the streets to prevent an attack. to shut in and defend with or as if with a barricade: The rebels had barricaded themselves in the old city.