bar´ri|cad´er

bar´ri|cad´er
bar|ri|cade «BAR uh KAYD, BAR uh kayd», noun, verb, -cad|ed, -cad|ing.
–n.
1. a rough, hastily made barrier for defense: »

The soldiers cut down trees to make a barricade across the road.

SYNONYM(S): fortification, rampart.
2. Figurative. any barrier or obstruction. SYNONYM(S): block, obstacle, impediment.
–v.t.
1. to block or obstruct with a barricade: »

The soldiers barricaded the road with fallen trees.

2. to shut in or out with, or as if with, a barricade.
╂[< French barricade < Provençal barricada < barrica barrel < barril (barrels of earth were the first barricades)]
–bar´ri|cad´er, noun.

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