to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
A place of confrontation.
To shut up or out; to prevent from doing something.
To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.
To cut off (a mortgager) by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises.