BARRICADE

barricade

(noun) a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy; “they stormed the barricade”

roadblock, barricade

(noun) a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

barricade, barricado

(verb) block off with barricades

barricade

(verb) prevent access to by barricading; “The street where the President lives is always barricaded”

barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar

(verb) render unsuitable for passage; “block the way”; “barricade the streets”; “stop the busy road”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Etymology

Noun

barricade (plural barricades)

A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence

An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.

(figuratively, in the plural) A place of confrontation.

Verb

barricade (third-person singular simple present barricades, present participle barricading, simple past and past participle barricaded)

to close or block a road etc, using a barricade

to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port

Source: Wiktionary

---

Bar`ri*cade", n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.

Bar`ri*cade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barricaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Barricading.] Etym: [Cf. F. barricader. See Barricade, n.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---

Do you know this game?

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins