barrack

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

barrack
    n 1: a building or group of buildings used to house military
         personnel
    v 1: lodge in barracks
    2: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The
       crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" [syn: {cheer},
       {root on}, {inspire}, {urge}, {barrack}, {urge on}, {exhort},
       {pep up}]
    3: laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the
       speaker" [syn: {jeer}, {scoff}, {flout}, {barrack}, {gibe}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Barrack \Bar"rack\, v. t.
   To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to
   barrack troops.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Barrack \Bar"rack\, n. [F. baraque, fr. It. baracca (cf. Sp.
   barraca), from LL. barra bar. See {Bar}, n.]
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   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.
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            He lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of
            dry branches and thatched with straw. --Gibbon.
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   2. A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw,
      etc. [Local, U.S.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Barrack \Bar"rack\, v. i.
   To live or lodge in barracks.
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from The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

BARRACK, n.  A house in which soldiers enjoy a portion of that of
which it is their business to deprive others.

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

BARRACK. By this term, as used in Pennsylvania, is understood an erection of 
upright posts supporting a sliding roof, usually of thatch. 5 Whart. R. 429.