BARRICADE

I. transitive verb (-caded; -cading) Etymology: 2~ Date: 1592 to block off or stop up with a ~ , to prevent access to by means of a ~, II. noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from barriquer to ~, from barrique barrel Date: 1642 an obstruction or rampart thrown up across a way or passage to check the advance of the enemy, barrier 3, obstacle , a field of combat or dispute