Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Barrack

Barrack ({not transcribed}) , noun

[French baraque, from Italian baracca (compare Sp. barraca), from Late Latin barra bar. See Bar, n.]

1.
(Military) A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
He lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches and thatched with straw. — Gibbon
2.
A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc. [Local, United States]

Barrack , transitive verb

To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops.

Barrack , intransitive verb

To live or lodge in barracks.