Barricade vs. Hedgehog

A usually improvised structure set up, as across a route of access, to obstruct the passage of an enemy or opponent.

Any of several small insectivorous mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae, native to Eurasia and Africa and naturalized in New Zealand, having dense erectile spines covering the back and sides and characteristically rolling into a ball for protection.

A usually temporary structure set up to restrict or control the movement of people or conveyances

Any of several spiny animals, such as the porcupine, that are similar to the hedgehog.

Something that serves as an obstacle; a barrier

A well fortified military position.

To close off or block with a barricade.

An antisubmarine weapon consisting of several rows of mortar-like dischargers positioned to fire in a circular pattern ahead of a ship.

To shut (oneself) in by means of a barricade, as for protection or privacy.

An obstacle used against tanks and landing craft, consisting of three crossed iron bars welded or bolted together.

A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence

A small mammal, of the family Erinaceidae or subfamily Erinaceinae (pl=s, the latter characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked.)

An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.

(US) Any of several spiny mammals, such as the porcupine, that are similar to the hedgehog.

A place of confrontation.

(military) Czech hedgehog an antitank obstacle constructed from three steel rails.

To close or block a road etc., using a barricade

A spigot mortar-type of depth charge weapon from World War II that simultaneously fires a number of explosives into the water to create a pattern of underwater explosions intended to attack submerged submarines. Category:en:World War II

To keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port

(Australia) A type of chocolate cake (or slice), somewhat similar to an American brownie.

A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access.

A form of dredging machine.

Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense.

Certain flowering plants with parts resembling a member of family Erinaceidae

To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris.

Medicago intertexta, the pods of which are armed with short spines.

A barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

Retzia capensis of South Africa.

A barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the advance of an enemy);

The edible fungus Hydnum repandum.

Render unsuitable for passage;

A kind of electrical transformer with open magnetic circuit, the ends of the iron wire core being turned outward and presenting a bristling appearance.

Prevent access to by barricading;

A way of serving food at a party, consisting of a half melon or potato etc. with individual cocktail sticks of cheese and pineapple stuck into it.

Block off with barricades

(differential geometry) A type of plane curve; see Hedgehog (geometry). Category:en:Curves

(military) To make use of a hedgehog barricade as a defensive maneuver.

To array with spiky projections like the quills of a hedgehog.

(ambitransitive) To curl up into a defensive ball.

A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europæus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects.

The Canadian porcupine.

A species of Medicago (Medicago intertexta), the pods of which are armed with short spines; - popularly so called.

A form of dredging machine.

A variety of transformer with open magnetic circuit, the ends of the iron wire core being turned outward and presenting a bristling appearance, whence the name.

A defensive obstacle having pointed barbs extending outward, such as one composed of crossed logs with barbed wire wound around them, or a tangle of steel beams embedded in concrete used to impede or damage landing craft on a beach; also, a position well-fortified with such defensive obstacles.

Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur

Small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines