n.
1.a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
2.a barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the advance of an enemy) barricade v.
1.render unsuitable for passage
2.prevent access to by barricading
3.block off with barricades
Idiom of the Day
know all the tricks of the trade
to possess the skills and knowledge necessary to do something
My cousin knows all the tricks of the trade and is a very good plumber.