Definition
• | The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy. |
• | An obstruction to passage. |
• | To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n. |
• | Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress. |
• | To obstruct entrance to or egress from. |