n. [ Cf. It. bloccata. See Block, v. t. ]
☞ Blockade is now usually applied to an investment with ships or vessels, while siege is used of an investment by land forces. To constitute a blockade, the investing power must be able to apply its force to every point of practicable access, so as to render it dangerous to attempt to enter; and there is no blockade of that port where its force can not be brought to bear. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]
To raise a blockade.
v. t.
Till storm and driving ice blockade him there. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. having access obstructed by emplacement of a barrier, or by threat of force.
n.