barricade Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun 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.
noun a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy
- they stormed the barricade
verb render unsuitable for passage
bar; block up; stop; blockade; block off; block.
- block the way
- barricade the streets
- stop the busy road
verb prevent access to by barricading
- The street where the President lives is always barricaded
verb block off with barricades
barricado.

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.

(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.
Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense.
Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere. Derham.

Cf. F. barricader. See Barricade, n.

imperfect & past participle Barricaded; present participle & verbal noun Barricading

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.