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barricado
[ bar-i-key-doh ]
/ ˌbær ɪˈkeɪ doʊ /
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noun, plural bar·ri·ca·does, bar·ri·ca·dos.
a barricade.
verb (used with object), bar·ri·ca·doed, bar·ri·ca·do·ing.
to barricade.
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Origin of barricado
1580–90; a pseudo-Spanish form of barricade
Words nearby barricado
barrette, barretter, Barrett's esophagus, barriada, barricade, barricado, Barrie, barrier, barrier beach, barrier cream, barrier island
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How to use barricado in a sentence
I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly, I'll barricado my gates against you.
I asked how she had got in, as the whole chevaux-de-frise barricado of chairs was still standing fast at the door.
Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3)|Thomas CarlyleThe Doctor falls down before the barricado, and is stretched all his hapless length fainting on the floor.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2|John Wilson