to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port
to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
A place of confrontation.
To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.
To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
A police record.
A vest(US); a waistcoat (UK)
The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that they are not the child’s biological father.