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 bring to a stop.
To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
To limp; move with a limping gait.
To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
To falter.
To stop marching.
To stop either temporarily or permanently.
To cause to discontinue.
To waver.
A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
A cessation, either temporary or permanent.