In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
BARRACKED
Verb
barracked
simple past tense and past participle of barrack
Source: Wiktionary
BARRACK
Bar"rack, n. Etym: [F. baraque, fr. It. baracca (cf. Sp. barraca), from LL. barra bar. See Bar, n.]
1. (Mil.)
Definition: 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.]
Bar"rack, v. t.
Definition: To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops.
Bar"rack, v. i.
Definition: To live or lodge in barracks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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