Definitions for: Barricade

[n] a barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the advance of an enemy); "they enemy stormed the barricade"
[n] a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
[v] block off with barricades
[v] prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded"
[v] render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"

Webster (1913) Definition: Bar`ri*cade", n. [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.) 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.] [Cf. F. barricader. See
Barricade, n.]
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.

Synonyms: bar, barricado, block, block off, block up, blockade, roadblock

See Also: barrier, block, close, close off, close up, close up, impede, impede, jam, jam, obstruct, obstruct, obturate, obturate, occlude, occlude, shut off

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