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Railing :: Railing (n.) A barrier made of a rail or of rails.

Barrier :: Barrier (n.) A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd..

Hedge :: Hedge (v. t.) To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out..

Close-fights :: Close-fights (n. pl.) Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters..

Inclosure :: Inclosure (n.) That which incloses; a barrier or fence.

Lock :: Lock (n.) The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.

Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught..

Barrier :: Barrier (n.) An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack.

Barrier :: Barrier (n.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy..

Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede..

Stockade :: Stockade (v. t.) A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification..

Bar :: Bar (n.) A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept..

Line :: Line (n.) A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers..

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress..

Barrier :: Barrier (n.) A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach..

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like..

Hurdle :: Hurdle (n.) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race..

Door :: Door (n.) The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened..

Dam :: Dam (n.) A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water..

Hoarding :: Hoarding (n.) A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something..

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