Something situated or placed in front.
To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
To deprive (with of).
A leather tie; a short wagon rope.
A stretch of fishing-lines shot in the water.
A girth or belly-band for a horse's harness.
A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of an animal.
Possessing or indicating lack; deficient.