Definition of: barricade

(bar′ə·kād′, bar′ə·kād) noun
1. A barrier hastily built for obstruction or for defense.
2. Any obstruction or barrier closing a passage, as a street, a waterway, etc. See synonyms under BARRIER, RAMPART.
—v.t. ·cad·ed, ·cad·ing To enclose, obstruct, or defend with a barricade or barricades. See synonyms under OBSTRUCT. [<F <Sp. barricada barrier <barrica barrel; the first barricades having been barrels filled with earth, stones, etc.]
—bar′ri·cad′er noun