barrack
bar•rack1 (bar´ək, ber´-) n.
[[Fr baraque < Sp barraca, cabin, mud hut < barro, clay, mud < VL *barrum, clay]]
1 [Rare] an improvised hut
2 [pl., often with sing. v.]
a) a building or group of buildings for housing soldiers
b) a large, plain, often temporary building for housing workmen, police, etc.
— vt., vi. to house in barracks
