'Barring' definitions:

Definition of 'barring'

From: WordNet
noun
The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto [syn: barring, blackball]

Definition of 'Barring'

From: GCIDE
  • Bar \Bar\ (b[aum]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barred (b[aum]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Barring.] [ F. barrer. See Bar, n.]
  • 1. To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up. [1913 Webster]
  • He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to bar it in its dungeon. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To except; to exclude by exception. [1913 Webster]
  • Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge me By what we do to-night. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To cross with one or more stripes or lines. [1913 Webster]
  • For the sake of distinguishing the feet more clearly, I have barred them singly. --Burney. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'barring'

From: GCIDE
  • barring \bar"ring\ n. the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto.
  • Syn: blackball. [WordNet 1.5]

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