barricado
noun
a barricade.
barricadoes
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pluralof barricado.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A small slender piece of ordnance, formerly used for ships' barricadoes.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
Why, it hath bay windows transparent as barricadoes, and the clerestories toward the south north are as lustrous as ebony; and yet complainest thou of obstruction?
From Twelfth Night; or What You Will by William Shakespeare
The latter; however, experienced in Moorish attack, retired in close order, sometimes turning upon the enemy and driving them to their barricadoes, and then pursuing their retreat.
From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Washington Irving
Why, it hath bay windows transparent as barricadoes, and the clear storeys toward the south-north are as lustrous as ebony; and yet complainest thou of obstruction?
From Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
With his stick he commenced a more furious attack than before; and, observing us less turbulent, he appeared determined to force his way in spite of the barricadoes.
From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Arthur C. Behrend
