barricado

American  

[bar-i-key-doh] / ˌbær ɪˈkeɪ doʊ /

noun

plural

barricadoes, barricados

1. a barricade.

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verb (used with object)

barricadoed, barricadoing

1. to barricade.

Etymology

Origin of barricado

1580–90; a pseudo-Spanish form of barricade

Example Sentences

I asked how she had got in, as the whole chevaux-de-frise barricado of chairs was still standing fast at the door.

From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul

I sat up, grasping my cudgel, and in a moment, it being broad daylight, I saw a little opening in the barricado, and the nose of some animal pushing through it.

From Palm Tree Island by Strang, Herbert

The sight of the rooms below and of the gratings above, and of the barricado across the deck, and the explanation of the uses of all these, filled me both with melancholy and horror.

From The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839) by Clarkson, Thomas

Confounded by a thousand ideas which arose in my mind in an instant, I sprang upon the barricado and plainly descried two ships of considerable size, standing in for the mouth of the Bay.

From A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay by Tench, Watkin

Shall I have a barricado made against my friends, to be barr'd of any pleasure they can bring in to me with their honourable visitation?

From Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Jonson, Ben