To oppose a barrier to; to arrest, stop; to interrupt. Also, to impede (commerce) by an embargo. archaic or Obsolete.

To ruin in respect of commerce or trade.

To forbid (a vessel) to leave or enter a port; to lay (vessels, trade) under an embargo.

To restrict (a dealer or firm) to a particular source for articles sold; only in past participle, usually applied to a public house so restricted…