Barrack
['bærək]
Definition
(noun.) a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel.
(verb.) lodge in barracks.
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Definition
(n.) A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
(n.) A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
(v. t.) To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops.
(v. i.) To live or lodge in barracks.
Editor: Wendell
Definition
n. a building for soldiers esp. in garrison (generally in pl.).
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A house in which soldiers enjoy a portion of that of which it is their business to deprive others.
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Examples
- From the window of Worcester's barrack-room I used to amuse myself reviewing our troops, but not after the fashion of Catharine of Russia. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- A greater number of fine children, however, is seldom seen anywhere than about a barrack of soldiers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I must tell you again we're not in a barrack, William, Miss Ann remarked. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He delighted to live, barrack-fashion, among the elegant furniture, and he bullied the very pictures with his origin. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- In my barrack-room, said the marquis. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In a barrack, by Jove--I wish anybody in a barrack would say what you do, cried out this uproused British lion. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I found Lord Worcester's barrack-room in a dismal state. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Douglas Galton of the English army for use in barracks, but this stove is also admirably adapted for houses. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It consisted simply in the hiring of quiet lodgings at Brompton, or in the neighbourhood of the barracks, for Captain and Mrs. Crawley. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Word was soon brought that I was nowhere to be found, either in the palace or at my former quarters in the barracks of the air-scout squadron. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- On the 30th of September I reported for duty at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, with the 4th United States infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Doctor Slammer and his friends repaired to the barracks, and Mr. Winkle, accompanied by Mr. Snodgrass, returned to their inn. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I now discovered that I was exceedingly anxious to get back to Jefferson Barracks, and I understood the reason without explanation from any one. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Pablo cut the telephone wires before the assault on the barracks. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typist: Robinson