barring (noun)
1barring-out — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun (plural barrings out) : the shutting out of a schoolmaster from the schoolroom as a prank or to win certain concessions * * * barring outˈ noun (obsolete) The shutting out of a schoolmaster from school by the pupils, to… …
2barring — 1. noun the exclusion of someone; blackballing 2. preposition Unless something happens; excepting; in the absence of Barring any further red tape, we will finally be able to open the restaurant …
3call-barring — callˈ barring noun (telecommunications) The ability to restrict outgoing telephone calls to certain numbers • • • Main Entry: ↑call …
4call barring — UK US noun [U] ► COMMUNICATIONS a phone service that allows users to stop receiving calls from particular numbers or stops someone from making calls to particular numbers: »You can use call barring to prevent someone from making international… …
5underbarring — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: under (III) + barring : barring on the part of the feathers not visible on the surface …
6court order — noun a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something (Freq. 2) • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑writ, ↑judicial writ • Hyponyms: ↑ …
7fee tail — noun a fee limited to a particular line of heirs; they are not free to sell it or give it away • Hypernyms: ↑fee * * * noun (plural fees tail) Etymology: Middle English fee taille, from Anglo French fé taillé, from Old French fé fee, fief +… …
8hearsay rule — noun a rule that declares not admissible as evidence any statement other than that by a witness • Hypernyms: ↑rule of evidence * * * noun : a rule barring the admission of hearsay evidence as testimony by reason of the unavailability of the… …
9done deal — noun : fait accompli thought the trade was a done deal * * * done deal, U.S. Informal. an accomplished fact; fait accompli: »The 50 percent raise [for members of Congress] is a done deal (barring miracles) (Sarasota Herald Tribune). * * * noun… …
10agouti — noun Etymology: French, from Spanish agutí, ultimately from Tupi akutí Date: 1625 1. any of a genus (Dasyprocta) of tropical American rodents about the size of a rabbit 2. a grizzled color of fur resulting from the barring of each hair in several …
