1. (n.) An order prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce\; a prohibition to sail.

2. (v. t.) To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.

Eighteenth Amendment Prohibition Party Volstead Act ban bar bar out barrier barring block blockade blockage boycott cease cessation check circumscription contraband count out cut off debar debarment debarring demarcation denial deny disallow disallowance enjoin exception exclude exclude from exclusion forbid forbiddance forbidden fruit forbidding freeze out hinder hindrance hold back hold up ignore impede impediment inadmissibility index index expurgatorius index librorum prohibitorum inhibit inhibition injunction interdict interdiction interdictum keep out law leave out lock out lockout narrowing no-no nonadmission omission omit ostracize outlaw pass over preclude preclusion prevent prevention prohibit prohibition prohibitory injunction proscribe proscription refusal refuse reject rejection relegate relegation repress repression repudiate repudiation restrain restraint restrict restriction restrictive covenants retard rule out ruling out say no to send to Coventry shut out statute stop stoppage sumptuary laws suppress suppression taboo zoning zoning laws