To slow by causing a bottleneck.
To form a bottleneck.
The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.
A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (“breadth”) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.