An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
A place of confrontation.
to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port
An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
The area of a convent, monastery, etc where access is restricted to community members.
The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.
The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.
Something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.
The act of restricting access to ideas, works of art or technologies using patents or intellectual property laws.
The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.