Meaning of Barrack | Babel Free

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

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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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