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barred - What does it mean?

Definition of 'barred'

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Having bars; striped.
  • *{{quote-book|year=1963|author=(Margery Allingham)|title=(The China Governess)
  • |chapter=14 citation |passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall.  Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.}}
  • Prevented.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (bar)
  • He barred the door at evening.
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