barricado

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noun

A barricade.

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barricade
OriginFrench barricade ← Spanish barricada →
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Meanings

nounbarricado (plural barricados or barricadoes)

plural barricados · plural barricadoes

  1. archaicA barricade.

    He raised his right foot, and, with a furious exertion, split in shivers the half-decayed barricado which impeded his progress in effecting his purpose.

    1807, [Miss Guion], chapter VI, in The Three Germans. Mysteries Exemplified in the Life of Holstein of Lutztein. A German Romance. […], volume I, London: […] J[ames] F[letcher] Hughes, […], →OCLC, page 131
verbbarricado (third-person singular simple present barricadoes, present participle barricadoing, simple past and past participle barricadoed)

present singular third person barricadoes · participle present barricadoing · participle past barricadoed · past barricadoed

  1. archaicTo barricade.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbblock off with barricades

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Origin

  1. Spanishbarricada
  2. Frenchbarricade
  3. Englishbarricado

The noun is from French barricade, from barrique (“cask”) + -ade (“group”); or Spanish barricada, from barrica (“cask”) + -ada (“group”). So named after the first street barricades in Paris, which were composed of casks filled with earth, paving stones, etc. The verb is from the noun.

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APA

barricado. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barricado

MLA

“barricado.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barricado. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barricado,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barricado.

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