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.
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.