† forbarn.
Coal Mining. Obsolete.
= barrier n. 1g.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > pillar or area of unworked material
forbar?15..
pillar1591
whole1728
stalch1747
post1793
stenting1812
rib1818
stook1826
man-of-war1835
spurn1837
staple1839
barrier1849
shaft pillar1855
barrier-pillar1881
stoop1881
stump1881
?15.. in Notes & Queries 5th Ser. X. 307 [In Durham records (34th Rep. Dep. Keeper P.R. 207) is a reference to offences committed by miners in cutting through the ‘forbarres’ when working the mines of coal and iron ore.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
† forbarforebarv.
Obsolete.absolute.?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 8284 Aftir Cnud regned Edwarde, Edeldrede sonn, naman forbarde.
1.
a. transitive. To hinder, obstruct, prevent, prohibit (an action, event, etc.); to withhold (a thing).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)]
forbidc1000
forrunc1275
forbar1303
before-comec1384
withstanda1400
withholdc1400
prevenec1485
supprime1490
interrupt1497
resist?a1513
prevent1522
discourage1528
prohibit1531
stop1534
forleta1555
bar1559
to bar by and main1567
disbar1567
to cut off1576
embar1577
forestall1579
obvent1588
cancel1594
waylay1625
suppress1651
antevene1655
arceate1657
exarceate1657
interpel1722
stump1858
estop1876
plug1887
pre-empt1957
deter1961
the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > withhold or refuse to give
forbar1303
denyc1374
again-holda1382
withdrawc1386
restraina1393
to shut up1526
renounce1617
denegate1623
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 106 Handyl þy synnes..Elles forbarre þey þe blys of heune.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 66 Anticrist haþ forbarrid þe fredom of goddis lawe.
a1400 Coer de L. 3514 Though he forbarre our vytayle..Off us non schal dye for hungyr.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8213 It es na thing þat mai for-barr His will.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4547 Alle on strenthe þair thrist was sett, Oure batelle to forbarre.
b. To bar, barricade, confine (a person); to obstruct (a way).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up > block the way or a passage
forsetc900
withseta1300
stop13..
speara1325
withsperre1330
to stop one's way1338
shut1362
forbara1375
beseta1400
stopc1400
precludea1513
interclude1526
to shut up1526
forestall1528
fence1535
hedge1535
quar1542
foreclose1548
forestop1566
to flounder up1576
obstruct1578
bar1590
retrench1590
to shut the door in (also upon) (a person's) face1596
barricade1606
barricado1611
thwartc1630
blocka1644
overthwart1654
rebarricado1655
to choke up1673
blockade1696
embarrass1735
snow1816
roadblock1950
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)]
beloukOE
loukOE
sparc1175
pena1200
bepen?c1225
pind?c1225
prison?c1225
spearc1300
stopc1315
restraina1325
aclosec1350
forbara1375
reclosea1382
ward1390
enclose1393
locka1400
reclusea1400
pinc1400
sparc1430
hamperc1440
umbecastc1440
murea1450
penda1450
mew?c1450
to shut inc1460
encharter1484
to shut up1490
bara1500
hedge1549
hema1552
impound1562
strain1566
chamber1568
to lock up1568
coop1570
incarcerate1575
cage1577
mew1581
kennel1582
coop1583
encagea1586
pound1589
imprisonc1595
encloister1596
button1598
immure1598
seclude1598
uplock1600
stow1602
confine1603
jail1604
hearse1608
bail1609
hasp1620
cub1621
secure1621
incarcera1653
fasten1658
to keep up1673
nun1753
mope1765
quarantine1804
peg1824
penfold1851
encoop1867
oubliette1884
jigger1887
corral1890
maroon1904
to bang up1950
to lock down1971
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3333 Whi lete ȝe foulli ȝour fon for-barre ȝou her-inne.
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 78 Þe wast wildernes the way forbarris.
2. To shut out; to bar, deprive, or exclude (a person); esp. in Law (see quot. 1528-30). Const. of, from, and with double object.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > be on the outside of [verb (transitive)] > keep or shut out
loukc1275
speara1300
beshutc1330
forbarc1330
warn?a1366
to close outa1382
to shut outc1384
steeka1393
again-louka1400
to keep outc1425
outshutc1450
seclude1498
to stop outc1530
to hedge out1549
confine1577
to hold out1583
out-bar1590
debar1593
excommunicate1602
expel1604
immurec1616
society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)] > debar (a person)
forbarc1330
shutc1400
debarc1430
repel1480
abara1504
abridge1523
seclude?1531
bar1551
fence1589
bebar1650
limit1722
to shut out1819
stop-list1949
1292 Britton iv. ii §11 Si homage ne le forbarre.]
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 214 Tille ilk a lordyng suld ward & relefe falle, Bot tille þe kyng no þing, he was forbarred alle.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 957 A man at þe last forbard may be Of þe blisful world.
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) vi. i. 146 b He was forbarred..of vittayle.
1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xvi The lordes nor none other shall be forbarred of theyr vylayns.
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 103 It was prouidentlye foreseene to forbarre euery person from the wearing of that coller except the Knight.
1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 387 The Commons did Petition the King, That none of his Subjects be fore-barred of their due debts.
Derivatives
forˈbarring n. the action of the verb.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun]
withsetting1340
arrestc1400
stanchingc1400
prevention1447
forbarringc1449
stop1544
preventing1563
stopple1578
cohibition1586
intercepting1598
stonda1604
attachment1609
preclusion1616
antevertinga1656
aversion1664
interpellation1814
suppression1859
stemming1914
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [noun] > closing or shutting > stopping or blocking up
forbarringc1449
stopping1487
stoppage1540
obturation1583
obstipation1612
interclusion1623
occlusion1645
stopping up1671
blocking1706
clogging1846
choking1863
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 432 Myche forbarring of synnes, which ellis wolde come forth.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. Cxijv/1 My..lorde of Winchester..in forbarring of the kyngis hygh waye lete drawe the chayne of the stulpis there.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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