Definizione monolingua

barrack

barrack (third-person singular simple present barracks, present participle barracking, simple past and past participle barracked)

1. To house military personnel; to quarter.
   • 1825, Richard Carlile, The Republican, Volume 11, page 276,

     Where the men were barracked alone, unnatural crime prevailed : where the women were barracked, contrivances were made to render such a place a brothel.

barrack (plural barracks)

1. (military, chiefly plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
   • 1829, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 4, page 67,

     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 ?

   • 1996, Jonathan Cape (translation copyright owner), Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front, page 129,

     I know the barracks at the training camp out on the moors.

2. (US, regional) A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
3. (Ireland, colloquial, usually plural) A police station.

Definizione dizionario barrack

baracca

caserma

fischiare

schernire

Altri significati:

(military) A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the plural, originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings.

a building for soldiers

(local, U.S.) A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.

To house military personnel; to quarter

(Ireland,colloquial, usually plural) the police station.

(UK) to jeer

(Australian, New Zealand) to cheer on a team etc