▪ I. barriˈcading, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
a. A blocking or defending with a barricade.
| 1697 C'tess D' Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 125 She caused the Key to be taken out of the Door, and that to be bolted. I enquired the Reason of this Barricading. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. vii. x. I. 341 Barricading serves not: fly fast. |
b. concr. A barricade or the materials of a barricade.
| 1890 J. Watson Conf. Poacher 159 Quietly as we could, we undid the barricading. 1910 Westm. Gaz. 24 Jan. 8/1 Some of the barricading was thrown among the crowd. |
▪ II. barriˈcading, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That constructs barricades.
| 1880 Carlyle Latter-d. Pamph. Wks. VIII. 19, I will become a nomadic Chactaw rather, a barricading Sansculotte. |