barricade
The definition of a barricade is a barrier that stops the progress of something.
(noun)An example of a barricade is a large brick wall preventing people from entering a fortress.
Barricade means to put up a barrier to shut something in or out.
(verb)An example of barricade is to build a dam to hold back water from flowing.
See barricade in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a barrier thrown up hastily for defense, as in street fighting
- any barrier or obstruction
Origin: Fr < It barricata, pp. of barricare, to fortify (< ? Fr or Sp barrica, barrel, akin to barrel: from use of casks as barriers
transitive verb barricaded, barricading
- to shut in or keep out with a barricade
- to put up barricades in; obstruct
See barricade in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A structure set up across a route of access to obstruct the passage of an enemy.
- Something that serves as an obstacle; a barrier. See Synonyms at bulwark.
- To close off or block with a barricade.
- To keep in or out by means of a barricade.
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: , from barrique, barrel
Origin: , from Old Provençal barrica
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *barrīca; see embargo
.Related Forms:
- barˈri·cadˌer noun
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