A structure that bars passage.
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.
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 block or obstruct with a barrier.
A portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel.
Something which restrains or releases a substantial volume—a flood—of activity, emotion, etc.