Barricaded

Barricaded
Barricade Bar`ri*cade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barricaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Barricading}.] [Cf. F. barricader. See {Barricade}, n.] 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. [1913 Webster]

The further end whereof [a bridge] was barricaded with barrels. --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster]


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