barrack Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
verb lodge in barracks
verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
urge; inspire; exhort; cheer; urge on; root on; pep up.
- The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
verb laugh at with contempt and derision
jeer; gibe; scoff; flout.
- The crowd jeered at the speaker

F. baraque, fr. It. baracca (cf. Sp. barraca), from LL. barra bar. See Bar, n.

(Mil.) A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
He lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches and thatched with straw. Gibbon.
A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc. Local, U.S.