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Barrack

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. 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. He lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches and thatched with straw. Gibbon.

2. A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc. [Local, U.S.]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To live or lodge in barracks.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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