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Definition of Barracks

Barrack
Barrack Bar"rack, n. [F. baraque, fr. It. baracca (cf. Sp. barraca), from LL. barra bar. See Bar, n.] 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.]
Barrack
Barrack Bar"rack, v. t. To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops.
Barrack
Barrack Bar"rack, v. i. To live or lodge in barracks.

Meaning of Barracks from wikipedia

- Barracks are buildings used to accommodate military personnel and quasi-military personnel such as police. The English word originates from the 17th century...
- civilian Commissariat Department, stores and supply departments, as well as barracks and other departments, were absorbed into the British Army when the Board...
- up barracks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Barracks may refer to: Barracks, buildings used to accommodate military personnel The Barracks, Petrie...
- Robinson Barracks is a military base of U.S. in the Burgholzhof community in the northern Stuttgart district of Bad Cannstatt. Unlike Patch Barracks and Kelley...
- Schofield Barracks is a United States Army installation and census-designated place (CDP) located in Honolulu and in the Wahiawa District of the Hawaiian...
- Kitchener Barracks was a British Army installation located in Chatham, Kent. The site has a long and varied history, spanning over two and a half centuries...
- 9°04′52″E / 48.73639°N 9.08111°E / 48.73639; 9.08111 Patch Barracks Patch Barracks is a U.S. military installation in Stuttgart, Germany. It is named...
- Marine Barracks may refer to: Marine Barracks Brooklyn, New York at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Marine Barracks Boston, M****achusetts at the Boston Navy Yard...
- A barracks emperor (also called a "soldier emperor") was a Roman emperor who seized power by virtue of his command of the army. Barracks emperors were...
- since 1967 in Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Patch Barracks. Artillery Kaserne, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Barton Barracks, Ansbach Bismarck Kaserne, Ansbach Bleidorn...