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

"Adown the dreadful glacis madly borne, Against that foaming barricado cast, The barque is doomed! and with a hissing scorn The surge will dance upon the foundering mast."

From A Century of Emblems by Cautley, G. S.

The Doctor falls down before the barricado, and is stretched all his hapless length fainting on the floor.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

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

Am I excluded from my own fortress; and by the way of barricado?

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir

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