barricade

Definition

A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence

Etymology

The noun is borrowed from French barricade, or an assimilation of the earlier barricado to the French form. The verb is from the noun or French barricader.

Example Sentences

• "Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere."
• "Her future friend from grade six, Millie Mirarch, was often caught in various parts of the school being told that she was extremely pretty —for a girl with teeth held together by a metal wire that protruded well beyond the barricade of her lips."
• "Salah will ask himself forever how he did not score at least one goal here. He might have nightmares featuring the face of Courtois, such was the one-man barricade he formed."