\Em*bar"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embarred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Embanking}.] [Pref. em- + bar: cf. F. embarrer. Cf.
{Embargo}.]
1. To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars.

         Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall.
                                               --Spenser.

2. To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.

         He embarred all further trade.        --Bacon.