barricadoed

The prisoners passed what seemed to be the principal entrance, from the grandeur of its portal, and the gigantic loftiness of the towers that rose over it; and soon after the carriage stopped at an arch-way in the walls, strongly barricadoed.

The Italian 2004

Mrs. Gauntlet, seeing his eyes kindled at the occasion, kissed her charming sister, who, throwing her snowy arms about her neck, would have detained her in the room, had not Peregrine gently disengaged her confidante from her embrace, and conducted her trembling to the door; which having bolted and barricadoed, he profited by his good fortune, and his felicity was perfect.

The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 2004

The large gate of the court-yard he barricadoed yet more strongly, leaving only a wicket open for the convenience of passage.

Old Mortality 2004

Claverhouse and Lord Ross, learning the superior force which was directed against them, intrenched, or rather barricadoed themselves, in the centre of the city, where the town-house and old jail were situated, with the determination to stand the assault of the insurgents rather than to abandon the capital of the west of Scotland.

Old Mortality 2004

It was strongly barricadoed, yet no person appeared.

The Romance of the Forest 2004

The insurgents had suffered most severely; and, from the difficulty which they had experienced in carrying the barricadoed positions without the precincts of the Castle, they could have but little hope of storming the place itself.

Old Mortality 2004

This time he went to a somewhat mysterious and barricadoed place, where in a blaze of light, in various rooms, gentlemen in hats, and some in great coats, were playing roulette or hazard; and

Wylder's Hand 2003

The people of the town, and the gardeners and inhabitants of the suburbs, were often contending for months together: in the interior of the town itself bloody affrays often occurred between the inhabitants of the different quarters, on which occasions they sometimes barricadoed the streets, and kept up a firing upon each other from the tops of their houses.

Travels in Arabia 2003

Upon this we were filing off; but, alas! we found ourselves trapped — the door was double-locked and barricadoed.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

Upon this we were filing off; but, alas! we found ourselves trapped — the door was double-locked and barricadoed.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002