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Barricade
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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or Barricado (from the Span. barricada, from barrica, a cask, casks filled with earth having been early used to form barricades), an improvised fortification of earth, pavingstones, trees or any materials ready to hand, thrown up, especially across a street, to hinder the advance of an enemy; in the old wooden warships a fence or wooden rail, supported by stanchions and strengthened by various materials, extending across the quarter-deck as a protection during action.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Barricade'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/barricade.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Barricade'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/barricade.html. 1910.
