DCHP-2

barrack barracks, police barrack, RCMP barrack, RCMP barracks DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• n. — usually in the plural barracks, Administration

  an RCMP building housing police or used for training.

  Type: 3. Semantic Change — While barracks often refers to military buildings (see Canadian Military History Gateway references), in general Canadian English the term is most commonly used in reference to RCMP buildings (see also Mountie, Royal Canadian Mounted Police).
  See also Gage-1, s.v. "barracks" (2), which is described as "of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police", COD-2, s.v. "barrack" (2), which is marked "Cdn".

  See also: Mountie  Royal Canadian Mounted Police  

  • The 1859 quotation predates the formation of the North-West Mounted Police in 1873, the predecessor of the RCMP.