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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 435 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARRICADE, or BARRICADO (from the Span. barricada, from barrica, a cask, casks filled with See also:earth having been See also:early used to See also:form barricades) , an improvised fortification of See also:earth, paving-stones, trees or any materials ready to See also:hand, thrown up, especially across a See also:street, to hinder the advance of an enemy; in the old wooden warships a fence or wooden See also:rail, supported by stanchions and strengthened by various materials, extending across the See also:quarter-See also:deck as a See also:protection during See also:action .

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