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
That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
The clitellum of an earthworm.
The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
A garment used to hold the abdomen, hips, buttocks, and/or thighs in a particular shape.
A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree.
The zodiac; also, the equator.
A thin bed or stratum of stone.
To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.