barring
/ˈbɑːɹɪŋ(ɡ)/ · verb
Meaning
- To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
- To prohibit.
- To lock or bolt with a bar.
- To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
- (collective) Bars; an arrangement or pattern of stripes or bars.
- The act of fitting or closing something with bars.
- The exclusion of someone; blackballing.
- Timber used for supporting the roof or sides of shafts.
- The sewing of a decorative bar or tack upon a fabric or leather.
- Unless something happens; excepting; in the absence of.
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