barricaded

noun

1. a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
2. any barrier that obstructs passage.

verb (used with object), bar·ri·cad·ed, bar·ri·cad·ing.

3. to obstruct or block with a barricade: barricading the streets to prevent an attack.
4. to shut in and defend with or as if with a barricade: The rebels had barricaded themselves in the old city.

noun

1. a barrier for defence, esp one erected hastily, as during street fighting

verb (tr)

2. to erect a barricade across (an entrance, passageway, etc) or at points of access to (a room, district of a town, etc)they barricaded the door
3. (usually passive) to obstruct; blockhis mind was barricaded against new ideas

n.

1640s, from barricade (v.). Earlier was barricado (1580s) with false Spanish ending (see -ado).

v.

1590s, from Middle French barricader “to barricade” (1550s), from barrique “barrel,” from Spanish barrica “barrel,” from baril (see barrel). Revolutionary associations began during 1588 Huguenot riots in Paris, when large barrels filled with earth and stones were set up in the streets. Related: Barricaded; barricading.