To block or obstruct with a barrier.
A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.
A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.
The lists in a tournament.
A structure that bars passage.
An obstacle or impediment.
A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A.
A boundary or limit.
To set a checkpoint.
A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.