Barrier vs. Chicane

Barriernoun

A structure that bars passage.

Barriernoun

An obstacle or impediment.

Barriernoun

A boundary or limit.

Barriernoun

(grammar) A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A.

Barriernoun

(physiology) A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.

Barriernoun

(historical) The lists in a tournament.

Barriernoun

A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.

Barrierverb

(transitive) To block or obstruct with a barrier.

Barriernoun

A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.

Barriernoun

A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach.

Barriernoun

A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd.

Barriernoun

Any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack.

Barriernoun

Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.

Barriernoun

a structure or object that impedes free movement

Barriernoun

any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective;

Barriernoun

anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access

Barriernoun

a fence or other obstacle that prevents movement or access

Barriernoun

a gate at a car park or railway station that controls access by being raised or lowered.

Barriernoun

a circumstance or obstacle that keeps people or things apart or prevents communication or progress

Chicanenoun

A temporary barrier, or serpentine curve, on a vehicular path, especially one designed to reduce speed.

Chicanenoun

(bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honours.

Chicanenoun

Chicanery.

Chicaneverb

(intransitive) To use chicanery, tricks or subterfuge.

Chicaneverb

(transitive) To deceive.

Chicanenoun

The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; - specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry.

Chicanenoun

In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors.

Chicaneverb

To use shifts, cavils, or artifices.

Chicanenoun

a bridge hand that is void of trumps

Chicanenoun

a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes place before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file

Chicanenoun

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Chicaneverb

defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit

Chicaneverb

raise trivial objections

Chicane

A chicane () is a serpentine curve in a road, added by design rather than dictated by geography. Chicanes add extra turns and are used both in motor racing and on roads and streets to slow traffic for safety.