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bar⋅ri⋅cade

[bar-i-keyd, bar-i-keyd] noun, verb, -cad⋅ed, -cad⋅ing.
–noun
1. a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
2. any barrier that obstructs passage.
–verb (used with object)
3. to obstruct or block with a barricade: barricading the streets to prevent an attack.
4. to shut in and defend with or as if with a barricade: The rebels had barricaded themselves in the old city.

Origin:
1585–95; < F, equiv. to barrique barrel (< Gascon) + -ade -ade 1 ; early barricades in Paris were often composed of barrels


bar⋅ri⋅cad⋅er, noun


1. See bar 1 . 4. fortify.
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