barrack

• This barrack was for a long time in charge of a devoted gentleman, a prisoner, whose name I have unfortunately forgotten, but whose self-sacrifice deserves special mention. —  My Four Years in Germany
• This barrack is a large building, erected in a place with no outlet but the entrance. —  Hortense Makers of History Series
• The men accepted this decision of mine with the utmost readiness, and, in fact, seemed agreeably surprised to find that I considered it likely we should be rescued in so short a time By the time that we had concluded our hasty meal the barrack--which after all, and notwithstanding its size, was a mere wooden shell of a place--had become a shapeless heap of smouldering ruins, and we were consequently to a great extent relieved of the annoyance from the heat and smoke. —  The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron
• Because he had over two hundred acres of land and many head of milch and grazing cattle and a huge house that rambled like a barrack, her father had given her to him; and young Kennedy, who had been her father's steward for years, and had been saving to buy a house for her, was thrown over like a bale of mildewed hay Kennedy had made several violent scenes. —  The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story
• With much difficulty we built our three extra beds between us, but the outlay for materials alone was eighteen shillings The cold during the winter affected us very severely because the barrack was absolutely devoid of any heating facilities. —  Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben

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