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==Origin==

==Origin==

French, from ''barrique'' ‘cask,’ from Spanish ''barrica''; related to barrel (barrels being often used to build ''barricades'').

French, from ''barrique'' ‘cask,’ from Spanish ''barrica''; related to barrel (barrels being often used to build ''barricades'').

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century late 16th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century late 16th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: an improvised [[barrier]] erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or [[delay]] the movement of opposing [[forces]].

*1: an improvised [[barrier]] erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or [[delay]] the movement of opposing [[forces]].

==Description==

==Description==

'''Barricade''', from the French ''barrique'' (barrel), is any object or [[structure]] that creates a [[barrier]] or [[obstacle]] to [[control]], block passage or force the flow of [[traffic]] in the desired direction. Adopted as a [[military]] term, a barricade denotes any improvised field [[fortification]], most notably on the city streets during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_warfare urban warfare].

'''Barricade''', from the French ''barrique'' (barrel), is any object or [[structure]] that creates a [[barrier]] or [[obstacle]] to [[control]], block passage or force the flow of [[traffic]] in the desired direction. Adopted as a [[military]] term, a barricade denotes any improvised field [[fortification]], most notably on the city streets during [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_warfare urban warfare].

Barricades also include temporary traffic barricades designed with the goal of dissuading passage into a protected or hazardous area or large slabs of cement whose [[goal]] is to actively prevent forcible passage by a vehicle. Stripes on barricades and panel devices slope downward in the [[direction]] traffic must travel.

Barricades also include temporary traffic barricades designed with the goal of dissuading passage into a protected or hazardous area or large slabs of cement whose [[goal]] is to actively prevent forcible passage by a vehicle. Stripes on barricades and panel devices slope downward in the [[direction]] traffic must travel.

There are also pedestrian barricades - sometimes called bike rack barricades for their resemblance to a now obsolete form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_stand bicycle stand], or police barriers. They originated in France approximately 50 years ago and are now produced around the world. They were first produced in the U.S. 40 years ago by Friedrichs Mfg. for New Orleans's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardi_Gras Mardi Gras] [[parades]].

There are also pedestrian barricades - sometimes called bike rack barricades for their resemblance to a now obsolete form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_stand bicycle stand], or police barriers. They originated in France approximately 50 years ago and are now produced around the world. They were first produced in the U.S. 40 years ago by Friedrichs Mfg. for New Orleans's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardi_Gras Mardi Gras] [[parades]].

Finally [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollard anti-vehicle barriers] and blast barriers are sturdy barricades that can respectively counter vehicle and bomb [[attacks]].  As of recent, movable blast barriers have been designed by NTU that can be used to protect humanitarian relief workers, and villagers and their homes in unsafe areas.

Finally [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollard anti-vehicle barriers] and blast barriers are sturdy barricades that can respectively counter vehicle and bomb [[attacks]].  As of recent, movable blast barriers have been designed by NTU that can be used to protect humanitarian relief workers, and villagers and their homes in unsafe areas.

Although barricade construction began in France in the sixteenth century and remained an exclusively French [[practice]] for two centuries, the nineteenth century remained the classic era of the barricade. Contrary to a number of historical sources, barricades were present in various incidents of the great [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution French Revolution] of 1789, but they never played a central role in those events. They were, however, a highly visible and consequential element in many of the insurrections that occurred in France throughout the 1800s, perhaps most notably in the revolutions of 1830 ("the July Days") and 1848 (in both February and June.) Other noteworthy Parisian events included the insurrection of 5–6 June 1832 (quite small-scale, but rendered famous by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo Hugo's] account in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables Les Misérables]''); the combat that ended the Paris Commune in May 1871; and the more symbolic structures created in May 1968.

Although barricade construction began in France in the sixteenth century and remained an exclusively French [[practice]] for two centuries, the nineteenth century remained the classic era of the barricade. Contrary to a number of historical sources, barricades were present in various incidents of the great [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution French Revolution] of 1789, but they never played a central role in those events. They were, however, a highly visible and consequential element in many of the insurrections that occurred in France throughout the 1800s, perhaps most notably in the revolutions of 1830 ("the July Days") and 1848 (in both February and June.) Other noteworthy Parisian events included the insurrection of 5–6 June 1832 (quite small-scale, but rendered famous by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo Hugo's] account in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables Les Misérables]''); the combat that ended the Paris Commune in May 1871; and the more symbolic structures created in May 1968.

The barricade began its [[diffusion]] outside France in the 1780s and played a significant role in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Revolution Belgian Revolution] of 1830, but it was only in the course of the upheaval of 1848 that it became truly international in scope. Its spread across the Continent was aided by the circulation of [[students]], political refugees, and itinerant workers through the French capital, where many gained first-hand experience of one or another Parisian insurrection. The barricade had, by the middle of the nineteenth century, become the preeminent [[symbol]] of a revolutionary [[tradition]] that would ultimately spread worldwide. Barricade references appear in many colloquial [[expressions]] and are used, often metaphorically, in [[poems]] and [[songs]] celebrating [[radical]] [[social movement]]s.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barricade]

The barricade began its [[diffusion]] outside France in the 1780s and played a significant role in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Revolution Belgian Revolution] of 1830, but it was only in the course of the upheaval of 1848 that it became truly international in scope. Its spread across the Continent was aided by the circulation of [[students]], political refugees, and itinerant workers through the French capital, where many gained first-hand experience of one or another Parisian insurrection. The barricade had, by the middle of the nineteenth century, become the preeminent [[symbol]] of a revolutionary [[tradition]] that would ultimately spread worldwide. Barricade references appear in many colloquial [[expressions]] and are used, often metaphorically, in [[poems]] and [[songs]] celebrating [[radical]] [[social movement]]s.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barricade]

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