barrack : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: barrack	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for barrack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barrack n a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel v lodge in barracks spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" Synonym(s): cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" Synonym(s): jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barrack \Bar"rack\, v. i. To live or lodge in barracks.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barrack \Bar"rack\, n. [F. baraque, fr. It. baracca (cf. Sp. barraca), from LL. barra bar. See {Bar}, n.] 1. (Mil.) A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings. He lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches and thatched with straw. --Gibbon. 2. A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc. [Local, U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barrack \Bar"rack\, v. t. To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops.