Embargo

em-bär′gō, n. a temporary order from the Admiralty to prevent the arrival or departure of ships: a stoppage of trade for a short time by authority:— pl. Embar′goes .— v.t. to lay an embargo on: to seize.— pr.p. embar′gōing; pa.p. embar′gōed. [Sp.,— embargar , to impede, to restrain—Sp. em , in, barra , a bar. See Barricade and Embarra .]