1. Immobilisation. Blocage des freins.
2. (Au figuré) (Psychologie) Inhibition.
ETYM French barricade, from Spanish barricada, orig. a barring up with casks; from barrica cask, perh. from Late Lat. barra bar. Related to Bar, Barrel.
A barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the advance of an enemy).
1. An obstruction in a pipe or tube; SYN. block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage.
2. The act of blocking; SYN. closure, occlusion.
The act of blocking someone's path with one's body (as in football); SYN. block, interference.