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 supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
To contest in words; to wrangle.
To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
Any crystal with readily discernible faces.
A rafter of a roof.
A thick pole or piece of wood.
A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.
Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.
Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.