transitive. To ride before or in advance of.

To come in the way of; to intercept. Obsolete.

To intercept, stop the passage or supply of.

To lie in wait for, intercept, cut off (a person or animal). Obsolete.

To cut off (one thing) from (another), or (elliptically) from sight, access, etc. †Also with of.

U.S. Military. To impede (an enemy force) or interrupt (its lines of communication or supply), esp. by aerial bombardment; transferred to intercept…