barricado
barricado noun: a barricade.
Noun
barricado (plural barricados or barricadoes)
- A barricade.
- He raised his right foot, and, with a furious exertion, split in shivers the half-decayed barricado which impeded his progress in effecting his purpose.1807, [Miss Guion], chapter VI, in The Three Germans. Mysteries Exemplified in the Life of Holstein of Lutztein. A German Romance. […], volume I, London: […] J[ames] F[letcher] Hughes, […], →OCLC...
Verb
barricado (third-person singular simple present barricadoes, present participle barricadoing, simple past and past participle barricadoed)
- To barricade.
Forms of barricado
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | barricados |
| plural | barricadoes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | barricadoes |
| present participle | barricadoing |
| past participle | barricadoed |
| past | barricadoed |
Origin of barricado
The noun is from French barricade, from barrique (“cask”) + -ade (“group”); or Spanish barricada, from barrica (“cask”) + -ada (“group”). So named after the first street barricades in Paris, which were composed of casks filled with earth, paving stones, etc. The verb is from the noun.
Questions about barricado
- What does barricado mean?
- Barricado means a barricade.
- What part of speech is barricado?
- Barricado can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of barricado?
- The plural of barricado is barricados.
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