Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EM-BAR', v.t. [en and bar.]

1. To shut, close or fasten with a bar; to make fast.
2. To inclose so as to hinder egress or escape. Where fast embarr'd in mighty brazen wall. Spenser.
3. To stop; to shut from entering; to hinder; to block up. He embarred all further trade. Bacon.