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Webster 1913 Edition

Barrack

Bar′rack

,
Noun.
[F.
baraque
, fr. It.
baracca
(cf. Sp.
barraca
), from LL.
barra
bar. See
Bar
,
Noun.
]
1.
(Mil.)
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.]

Bar′rack

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

Bar′rack

,
Verb.
I.
To live or lodge in barracks.

Webster 1828 Edition

Barrack

BAR'RACK

,
Noun.
A hut or house for soldiers, especially in garrison. In Spain, a hut or cabin for fishermen.

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