barrack
verb
[ ˈbarək ]
• provide (soldiers) with accommodation in a building or set of buildings.
• "the granary in which the platoons were barracked"
Origin:
early 18th century: from barracks.
barrack
verb
• jeer loudly at (someone performing or speaking in public) in order to express disapproval or to distract them.
• "opponents barracked him when he addressed the opening parliamentary session"
• give support and encouragement to.
• "I take it you'll be barracking for Labour tonight?"
Origin:
late 19th century (originally in Australian use): probably from Northern Irish dialect.
barracks
noun
• a large building or group of buildings used to house soldiers.
• "the troops were ordered back to barracks"
Similar:
garrison,
camp,
encampment,
depot,
billet,
quarters,
fort,
cantonment,
guardhouse,
cuartel,
stone frigate,
lobster box,
casern,
Origin:
late 17th century: barrack from French baraque, from Italian baracca or Spanish barraca ‘soldier's tent’, of unknown origin.
