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.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: barrage(Noun) an artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow. barrage(Noun) a heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.