Barricade
Barricade ({not transcribed}) , noun
[French barricade, from Sp. barricada, orig. a barring up with casks; from barrica cask, perh. from Late Latin barra bar. See Bar, n., and compare Barrel, n.]
1.
(Military) A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access.
2.
Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense.
Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere.
Barricade , transitive verb
[Compare French barricader. See Barricade, n.]
To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris.
The further end whereof [a bridge] was barricaded with barrels.