The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ABATIS , but the solution may also be RAMPART which is one of the most recent solution (2013 in LA Times).
Barricade crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABATIS | 29 % | 6 |
| RAMPART | 29 % | 7 |
| SEALOFF | 14 % | 7 |
| ROADBLOCK | 14 % | 9 |
| SHUT | 14 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Barricade
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- barricado
- bar
- blockade
- block
- roadblock
- block up
- block off
- barrier
- gate
- wall
- fence
- dam
Crossword Answer definitions
ABATIS noun- A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire.
- In the middle ages, an officer of the stables who had the care of measuring out the provender; an avenor.
- In fortification, a barricade made of felled trees denuded of their smaller branches, with the butt-ends of the trunks embedded in the earth or secured by pickets, and the sharpened ends of the branches directed upward and outward toward an advancing enemy, for the purpose of obstructing his progress. In field-fortifications the abatis is usually constructed in front of the ditch. See fortification.
- In coal-mining, walls of cord-wood piled up crosswise to keep the underground roads open so as to secure ventilation.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ABATIS
- Barbed-wire barricade
- Military obstruction of felled trees.
- Fort of felled trees.
- Defense formed by felled trees.
- Military obstacle of felled trees.
- Defense formed of felled trees.
- Defensive barricade
- Defensive obstacle
- Defensive device
- Barbed-wire obstacle
More clues leading to the result RAMPART
- Protective wall
- Raised fortification
- Fort feature
- Barricade
- Fortification
- Fort construction
- Defensive structure
- Bulwark.
- Fortification.
- Protective bank of earth.
More clues leading to the result SEALOFF
More clues leading to the result ROADBLOCK
- Type of challenge in "The Amazing Race"
- Reason to slow down
- Obstruction
- Part of a dragnet.
- Highway police procedure.
- Barricade
- Barricade by police cars
- Dragnet operation
- Police stop
- Place for a "Bridge Out" sign