2 (U.S. history) the war fought from 1861 to 1865 between the North and the South, sparked off by Lincoln's election as president but with deep-rooted political and economic causes, exacerbated by the slavery issue.
A barrage is a term used to describe extensive artillery fire against enemy positions. Barrages were classified as light, moderate or heavy. A light barrage amounted to six or seven shells every ten minutes. A moderate barrage was thirty shells a minute and a heavy one, fifty to sixty shells a minute.
The noun BARRAGE has 2 senses: 1. the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written). 2. the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target. Familiarity information: BARRAGE used as a noun is rare.