n. In fortification, anything, as a palisade or stockade, designed to obstruct entrance into a fortified place.n. plural The palisades or railing surrounding the ground where tourneys and justs were carried on; hence, the sports themselves (formerly sometimes with the plural in a singular sense).n. Any obstruction; anything which hinders approach, attack, or progress; anything standing in the way; an obstacle: as, to build a wall as a barrier against trespassers; constitutional barriers.n. A fortress or fortified town on the frontier of a country.n. A limit or boundary of any kind; a line of separation.n. The gate, in towns on the continent of Europe, at which local revenue duties are collected.n. In China, a subordinate customs station placed on an inland trade-route for the collection of duties on goods in transit.n. In coal-mining, a solid block of coal left unworked between two collieries, for security against the accidents which might occur in consequence of communication between them.To shut in or off with a barrier.n. The starting apparatus used in races: designed to keep the horses behind a certain line until the word is given, and thus prevent unfair advantage in starting.n. In phytogeography, any obstacle which prevents or restricts the migration of plants.n. See the qualifying words.n. A treaty in 1748, terminating the War of the Austrian Succession.n. in 1831, for the settlement of the Belgian questionn. in 1840, for the settlement of the relations between Turkey and Egyptn. in 1871, abrogating the neutrality of the Black Sea.n. A treaty between Prussia and Austria in 1866, by which the former power succeeded the latter in the hegemony of Germany.n. that of 1809, between France and Austria, in favor of the formern. that of 1815, by the congress of the European states, reorganizing the affairs of Europen. that of 1864, between Denmark and allied Austria and Prussia, ending the Schleswig-Holstein warn. that of 1866, between Austria and Italy, by which Venetia was ceded to the latter.
