BAR (2)

bar (2). Bar, v.t. to fasten, secure, hinder, shut out, stop

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Bar (bär), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barred (bärd); p. pr. & vb. n. Barring.] [[ F. barrer. See Bar, n.]] 1. 1. To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
2. 2. To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; — sometimes with up.
He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to bar it in its dungeon. Hawthorne. 3. 3. To except; to exclude by exception.
Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge me By what we do to-night. Shak. 4. 4. To cross with one or more stripes or lines.
For the sake of distinguishing the feet more clearly, I have barred them singly. Burney.