BARRIER
ADJECTIVES
1969 — DIRTY having natural barriers which impede travel; said of a place → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1531 — BAR a barrier; an obstruction, an obstacle
1586 — RAMPIRE a barrier; a dam → obs.
1603 — BAR a defensive barrier; a bulwark → obs.
1611 — BARRICADO a barrier or obstruction to passage
1832 — MARCH HILL a barrier to be overcome → Amer. dial.
1846 — THRALLING a wall which formed a barrier → Eng. dial. obs.
1929 — MAY HILL a barrier to be overcome → Amer. dial.
1984 — GLASS CEILING a notional barrier to personal advancement, esp. in the employment prospects of a woman, a disabled person, or anyone from an ethnic minority → US sl.
VERBS
1430 — BAR to surround with a barrier or fence → obs.
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