Hindrance, obstruction, impediment, detriment.

Something that stands in the way or that obstructs progress (literal and figurative); a hindrance, impediment, or obstruction.

Something that thwarts, obstructs, or hinders; an obstacle; an impediment. Cf. sense 6. Obsolete.

Chiefly Scottish. A hindrance, an obstruction; spec. a speech impediment. Obsolete.

‘Obstacle.’ Obsolete.

An obstacle, hindrance. Obsolete.

A hindrance, obstruction, delay. rare.

A lump of wood, stone, or other matter, that obstructs one's way; a bar; figurative an obstacle or obstruction. Now only in stumbling-block.

Something put in the way; an interruption or obstruction; an obstacle, a hindrance. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. Anything that impedes action or progress; an impediment, encumbrance, hindrance.

= stumbling-block, n.

figurative. An obstruction, obstacle; a barrier.

figurative. An obstruction, a hindrance: in (to cast) a trump in (one's) way. Obsolete.

= stumbling-block, n.

with a and plural. An instance or cause of this; an impediment, obstacle.

figurative and in similative phrases. Said, e.g., of a vessel floating helplessly (cf. modern German log sein to float helplessly), of an inert or…

figurative. An impediment, hindrance, obstruction; an untoward circumstance, misfortune. Obsolete.

A heavy piece of wood, fastened to a man's or beast's leg, to impede his movements. †Also figurative.

An obstacle, impediment, or difficulty of a non-material nature.

figurative. An obstacle, a stumbling block. Obsolete.

Something that serves to prevent or impede the progress or accomplishment of proceedings, a plan, etc.; an obstacle, an obstruction. Esp. in to put a…

figurative.

An obstacle, an impediment, a hindrance. Now rare.

An impediment or obstacle; a mental barrier. Now rare.

Something which blocks or renders impassable an opening, passage, etc.; a thing which impedes or… figurative.

Something to stumble at or over; a cause of stumbling. Chiefly figurative. An obstacle in the way of progress, or of the execution of a plan.

transferred and figurative.

An obstacle. Obsolete.

Something which delays or hinders development, progress, etc.; an impediment, an obstacle.

A thing which causes a hindrance or delay; an impediment; a difficulty. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

figurative. A hindrance, check, or defeat.

An obstruction. Obsolete. rare.

Any (physical or immaterial) barrier or obstruction; (U.S.) spec. (a) a stoppage or obstruction on a railway; (b) a barrier on a river.

A root of a tree. Also figurative. rare.

figurative. Some thing, action, or fact which prevents, impedes, or obstructs; an impediment or obstacle.

(a) a hindrance (Obsolete rare); (b) Law a cause in which each of the litigants has a suit against the other.

(un-, prefix1 affix 6.)

Anything immaterial that stops advance hostile or friendly, that defends from attack, prevents intercourse or union, or keeps separate and apart.

Editorial emendation by Warburton of abstract, n. in the passage in quot. 1616.

figurative. A barrier, obstacle, or obstruction.

A fence, hedge, or other barrier resembling such a barricade; (figurative) an obstruction, a cause of entanglement or delay.

figurative.

figurative.

figurative and in figurative contexts (originally U.S.). A problem or complication; a setback, an obstacle. Often (and earliest) in a bump in the road…

figurative. Cf. spoke, n. 4a.

figurative. An obstacle or difficulty.

figurative. A circumstance or factor which inhibits progress, recovery, etc. Frequently in plural.

figurative. A situation or factor that impedes progress or entraps a person.

figurative. An obstruction, a hindrance. Chiefly in to throw a monkey wrench into the machinery and variants: to cause trouble or confusion, to…

Originally U.S. A person or thing that obstructs or impedes progress; an obstacle, a hindrance. Also with to.