barricade

  • 61barricade — a barrier used to lead fish into an enclosure, e.g. fyke net, pound net, etc …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 62barricade — Synonyms and related words: abatis, advanced work, arm, armor, armor plate, balistraria, bang, bank, banquette, bar, barbed wire entanglement, barbican, barrier, bartizan, bastion, batten, batten down, battle, battlement, blank wall, block, block …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 63barricade — [17] 12 May 1588 was known as la journée des barricades ‘the day of the barricades’, because in the course of disturbances in Paris during the Huguenot wars, large barrels (French barriques) filled with earth, cobblestones, etc were hauled into… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 64barricade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. blockade, stockade; fence, barrier. See defense, enclosure, closure. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. obstacle, blockade, roadblock, obstruction; see barrier . v. Syn. obstruct, block, fortify; see bar 1 . III …

    English dictionary for students

  • 65barricade — bar·ri·cade || ‚bærɪ keɪd n. obstruction, blockade, barrier v. block; protect against attack, fortify …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 66barricade — I. n. Obstruction (as in the streets of a city to serve as a fortification). See barrier. II. v. a. Obstruct, block up, stop up, fortify hastily …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 67barricade — n 1. barrier, obstacle, hindrance; rampart, bulwark, protection. See barrier (defs.1 3). v 2. obstruct, block, blockade, bar; block up, close up, shut off, choke off; lock, padlock, bolt, secure, fasten, batten; shut in, fence in, defend, fortify …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 68barricade — bar·ri·cade …

    English syllables

  • 69barricade — nf., garde fou provisoire, barrière : BARIKÂDA (Albanais, Annecy, Thônes, Villards Thônes) …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • 70barricade — A barrier against the onslaught of enemies or rioters; a hastily constructed fence or wall in the street to prevent travelers from driving or stepping into excavations, in which case, the word imports an obstruction, not merely a warning, but an… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary