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

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

"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.

But the fellow hath a pretty notion of a barricado!

From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin)

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

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