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barricade noun. L16.
[French, from barrique from Spanish barrica cask, from stem of barril BARREL noun: see -ADE. Cf. BARRICADO.]
A rampart constructed of barrels, stones, furniture, etc., set up across a street, esp. during revolutionary fighting or some other such civil disturbance; freq. (esp. in pl.) used allusively of the site of the final defences of a cause, movement, etc. L16.
man the barricades, go to the barricades oppose strongly or protest against a government or other institution or its policy.
fig.: E. Glasgow Would die upon the literary barricade of defending the noble proportions of 'War and Peace'.
Any barrier or defensive construction impeding passage. L16.
Nautical (now Hist.). A wooden fence built across the quarterdeck of a sailing man-of-war, barricaded to provide protection for those stationed there during an action. M18.