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Definition of Barricado
1. Verb. Block off with barricades.
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Derivative terms: Barricade, Barricade
Definition of Barricado
1. n. & v. t. See Barricade.
Definition of Barricado
1. Noun. (archaic) barricade ¹
2. Verb. (archaic) To barricade ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Barricado
1. [v -DOED, -DOING, -DOS, -DOES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barricado
Literary usage of Barricado
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century by Herbert Levi Osgood (1904)
"In 1672, when an attack from the Dutch was expected, a " barricado," or wall,
probably of stone and earth faced with wood, was built. It faced the water, ..."
2. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1839)
"... that relief might be sent to him; but he had not time to barricado the doors;
so that the enemy entered almost as soon ; and after a short resistance, ..."
3. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"Comment is needless, and it is no wonder they felt moved to surround themselves
at night with a barricado, and as well to post sentinels. ..."
4. Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston by Samuel Adams Drake (1873)
"The barricado. — T Wharf. —Embarkation for Bunker Hill. THE earliest settler on
the southwestern corner of State Street was Captain ..."
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