cloth screen, the walls of a tent with which an enclosure is formed

to surround with a wall or screen of canvas, conceal or shut off by screen, erect a tent or enclosure

draw rein, stop one's horse

to surround with a wall or screen of canvas, to make an enclosure round (a tent)

stop breathing, hold the breath

capture one's ground

hold one's breath

bar, knock-off, obstruct, obviate

close or obstruct a path, stop (someone) on the road

to bar or close the way (of), to stop, to close or block up a road or way, to molest (travellers)

prevent, withhold, keep back, desist (from), refrain (from)