Synonyms for barrack
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bar-uh k |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbær ək |
Définition of barrack
Origin :- 1680s, "temporary hut for soldiers during a siege," from French barraque, from Spanish barraca (mid-13c. in Medieval Latin) "soldier's tent," literally "cabin, hut," perhaps from barro "clay, mud," which is probably of Celt-Iberian origin. Meaning "permanent building for housing troops" (usually in plural) is attested from 1690s.
- noun dormitory
- By barrack and camp life the normal civilian intellect is, as it were, marooned.
- Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
- Beg pardon, sir; but you are the gentleman from the barrack, sir?
- Extract from : « The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete » by Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
- I know he's here, for I heard him as I crossed the barrack square.
- Extract from : « VC -- A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea » by David Christie Murray
- It is fast falling into ruin since it was abandoned as a barrack.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 » by Mrs. Thomson
- It is a wooden structure, looking more like a barrack than a castle.
- Extract from : « Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska » by Charles Warren Stoddard
- As nothing had been heard of the bush rangers, Reuben determined to return to his barrack.
- Extract from : « A Final Reckoning » by G. A. Henty
- But at the beginning you will see them at their worst in the dulness of barrack life.
- Extract from : « A Soldier of the Legion » by C. N. Williamson
- It allows the captain to decide, but will barrack him if displeased with his decision.
- Extract from : « From a Cornish Window » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- Mr. Gregg came out of the barrack and crossed the square rapidly.
- Extract from : « General John Regan » by George A. Birmingham
- After supper, Mr. Gault will introduce you to the boys of your barrack.
- Extract from : « In School and Out » by Oliver Optic
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