From French 'barrique' (barrel) — the first barricades were barrels filled with earth and paving stones rolled across Paris streets.
An improvised barrier erected across a road or passage to prevent movement.
From French 'barricade' (barrier, obstruction), from Spanish 'barricada' or French 'barrique' (barrel, cask), from Gascon 'barrica' (barrel). The word entered general European use during the 1588 Day of the Barricades in Paris, when Parisians rolled wine barrels filled with earth and paving stones into streets to block the advance of Henri III. 'Barrique' traces back to a pre-Latin substrate word, possibly Iberian or Gaulish, related to the root for 'bar' (a rod, beam