Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Barricade"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Barricade \Bar`ri*cade"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Barricade \Bar`ri*cade"\, 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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
barricade
n 1: a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or
road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic
etc. [syn: {roadblock}]
2: a barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the
advance of an enemy); "they enemy stormed the barricade"
v 1: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade
the streets" [syn: {block}, {blockade}, {block off}, {block
up}, {bar}]
2: prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the
President lives is always barricaded"
3: block off with barricades [syn: {barricado}]
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