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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bar•ri•cade /ˈbærɪˌkeɪd/USA pronunciation n., v., -cad•ed, -cad•ing. n. [countable] - a barrier of large objects, intended to stop an enemy:a barricade of overturned buses.
v. [~ + object] - to block with a barricade.
- to shut in with or as if with a barricade: He barricaded himself behind a folding screen.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bar•ri•cade (bar′i kād′, bar′i kād′),USA pronunciation n., v., -cad•ed, -cad•ing. n. - a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
- any barrier that obstructs passage.
v.t. - to obstruct or block with a barricade:barricading the streets to prevent an attack.
- to shut in and defend with or as if with a barricade:The rebels had barricaded themselves in the old city.
- Gascon) + -ade -ade1; early barricades in Paris were often composed of barrels
- French, equivalent. to barrique barrel (
- 1585–95
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See bar 1.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fortify.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: barricade /ˌbærɪˈkeɪd; ˈbærɪˌkeɪd/ n - a barrier for defence, esp one erected hastily, as during street fighting
vb (transitive)- to erect a barricade across (an entrance, passageway, etc) or at points of access to (a room, district of a town, etc)
Etymology: 17th Century: from Old French, from barriquer to barricade, from barrique a barrel, from Spanish barrica, from barril barrel |