2. Noun. A place of confrontation, especially in an urban setting. ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of barricade) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Barricades
1. barricade [v] - See also: barricade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barricades
Literary usage of Barricades
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"Les barricades Scenes Historiques. Mai, 1588. 8vo. Paris. 1826. Treuttel and Wurtz.
London. THE volume before us has excited great attention in Paris, ..."
2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander Kinglake (1877)
"barricades in central Paris. Baudin fell dead, his head being shattered by more
than one ball. One other was killed by the volley ; several more were ..."
3. The History of France by EYRE EVANS. CROWE (1863)
"This traditional mode of resisting soldiers in Paris was again universally recurred
to; and barricades were erected at the head of all the streets around ..."
4. France Under Mazarin: With a Review of the Administration of Richelieu by James Breck Perkins (1886)
"barricades of chains were stretched across every street; beams, barrels full ...
More than 1200 of these barricades were erected within two hours all over ..."
5. Indiscreet Letters from Peking: Being the Notes of an Eyewitness, which Set by Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale (1907)
"It is the time of barricades and punitive expeditions; of the Legations tardily
... We woke up late on the 14th to the fact that loop- holed barricades had ..."
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