Hypertext Webster Gateway: "barricaded"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
barricaded
adj : preventing entry or exit or a course of action; "a
barricaded street"; "barred doors"; "the blockaded
harbor" [syn: {barred}, {blockaded}]
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