Barrack

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A male given name.
3. A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
   in-plural
4. A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes.
   in-plural
5. Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building.
   broadly, in-plural
6. A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
   US
7. A police station.
   Ireland, colloquial, plural-normally

Equivalents

Examples

“Before the gates of Bari, he lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches, and thatched with straw; a perilous station, on all sides open⟳ to the inclemency of the winter and the spears of the enemy.”

“1919, House Committee on Military Affairs, Army Reorganization: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, 66th Congress, 1st Session, on H.R. 8287, H.R. 8068, H.R. 7925, H.R. 8870, Sept. 3, 1919-Nov. 12, 1919, Parts 23-43, page 1956, How do you distinguish between the disciplinary barracks and the penitentiary? Where are the disciplinary barracks ?”

“I know⟳ the barracks at the training camp out on the moors.”

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