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where armies sleep stacked like ammunition, ready to be fired at dawn
means A building or group of buildings where soldiers are housed, usually plain and built for many bodies at once.
from From Spanish 'barraca,' a soldier's tent or rough hut, possibly from a Catalan word for a mud or clay shelter. It traveled through French 'baraque' before settling into English, originally meaning any temporary military shelter and only later hardening into the permanent stone-and-brick quarters we picture now.
- name origin
- from Spanish barraca, a humble soldier's hut
- disease incubator
- crowded bunks spread flu faster than any battlefield
- floor inspections
- a coin must bounce off a tight bunk
- barracks lawyer
- slang for a know-it-all who quotes regulations
- oldest standing
- some date back to Roman legion fortresses
fort bragg — u.s. army installation in north carolina housing 50,000+ active duty soldiers
parramatta barracks — historic australian military complex in sydney, established 1788 as convict barracks
victoria barracks — british army barracks in london, headquarters of chelsea pensioners since 1692