barricade
barricade is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense. Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere. Derham.
- 2.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- balustrade
- barrier
- bent
- case
- circumscribe
- circumvallation
- cordon
- corral
- defense
- dike
- dingle
- ditch
- door
- dyke
- enceinte
- envelope
- espalier
- fence
- fold
- fosse
- gate
- gateway
- girdle
- hatch
- hedge
- inclose
- inclosure
- moat
- net
- paddock
- pale
- paling
- park
- pen
- pound
- prison
- quickset
- rail
- railing
- receptacle
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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