Sentence:  At 7 : 25 two hotel doormen came thumping down the steps , carrying a saw-horse to be set up as a <WSD>barricade</WSD> in front of the haberdashery store window next to the entranceway , and as I watched them in their gaudy red coats that nearly scraped the ground , their golden , fringed epaulets and spic , red visored caps , I suddenly saw just over their shoulders Jessica gracefully making her way through the crowd . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.