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English Dictionary: barricade	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for barricade
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barricade n a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. Synonym(s): roadblock, barricade a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy; "they stormed the barricade" v render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" Synonym(s): barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded" block off with barricades Synonym(s): barricade, barricado
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barricade \Bar`ricade"\, n. [F. barricade, fr. Sp. barricada, orig. a barring up with casks; fr. barrica cask, perh. fr. LL. barra bar. See {Bar}, n., and cf. {Barrel}, n.] 1. (Mil.) A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access. 2. Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense. Such a barricade* as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere. --Derham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barricade \Bar`ricade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barricaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Barricading}.] [Cf. F. barricader. See {Barricade}, n.] To fortify or close with a barricade* or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris. The further end whereof [a bridge] was barricaded with barrels. --Hakluyt.