Definition of barricade Barricade

/bæˈɹʌkejˌd/ - [batrukeyd] - bar•ri•cade

We found 20 definitions of barricade from 9 different sources.

What does barricade mean?

Noun Plural: barricades
barricade - a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy; "they stormed the barricade"
		barrier a structure or object that impedes free movement
barricade - a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
		roadblock
		barrier a structure or object that impedes free movement
Verb barricades, barricading, barricaded
barricade - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
		block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar
		obturate, occlude, impede, obstruct, close up, jam, block be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"
		block off, close off, shut off block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve"
		close finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning"
barricade - block off with barricades
		barricado
		obturate, occlude, impede, obstruct, close up, jam, block be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"
barricade - prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded"
		obturate, occlude, impede, obstruct, close up, jam, block be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"

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barricade (Noun)
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence.
barricade (Noun)
An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
barricade (Noun)
A place of confrontation.
barricade (Verb)
To close or block a road etc. , using a barricade.
barricade (Verb)
To keep someone in or out, using a blockade, especially ships in a port.

barricade (n.)
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.
barricade (n.)
Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense.
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.

barricade
To render passage impossible by physical obstruction.
barricade
A structure set up across a route of access to obstruct the passage of an enemy.

barricade
bar′ik-ād, n. a temporary fortification raised to hinder the advance of an enemy, as in the street fights of Parisian insurrections.—v.t. to obstruct: to fortify.—Earlier form Barricā′do. [Fr.; barrique, a cask, the first street barricades having consisted of casks filled with stones, &c. See Bar.]

barricade
(barricada, Span.) a strong wooden rail, supported by several little pillars or stanchions, and extending, as a fence, across the foremost part of the quarter-deck. In a vessel of war, the intervals between the pillars are commonly filled with cork, junks of old cable, or matts of platted cordage. In the upper-part, there is a double rope-netting, supported by double cranes of iron, extending about a foot above the rail; and between the two parts of the netting are stuffed a number of hammocks, filled with the seamens bedding, to intercept and prevent the execution of small-shot fired by swivel guns, carabines, or muskets, in the time of battle.

barricade
A strong wooden rail, supported by stanchions extending as a fence across the foremost part of the quarter-deck, on the top of which some of the seamen's hammocks are usually stowed in time of battle. In a vessel of war the vacant spaces between the stanchions are commonly filled with rope-mats, cork, or pieces of old cable; and the upper part, which contains a double rope-netting above the sail, is stuffed with full hammocks to intercept small shot in the time of battle. Also, a temporary fortification or fence made with abatis, palisades, or any obstacles, to bar the approach of an enemy by a given avenue.

barricade
An obstruction formed in streets, avenues, etc., so as to block up access to an enemy. They are generally formed of overturned wagons, carriages, large stones, breastworks, abatis, or other obstacles at hand.