barred

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of bar

   He barred the door at evening.

comparative more barred · superlative most barred

1. Having bars; striped.

   Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.

   1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

2. Prevented, either by a physical barrier or by conditions.

   He is barred by term limits from running for a third term in office.

3. crosswordingIndicating the start and end of words using thicker lines instead of black squares.

   In this section of a barred crossword, the positions of 12 across and 9 down are highlighted.

   2012 October 15, Denise Sutherland, Solving Cryptic Crosswords For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 115

   2 more examples

   The majority of the first 114 puzzles were of a 15 x 15 design, since when all the puzzles have been on a 14 x 14 barred grid, with one exception.

   1976, Games & Puzzles

   In general the number of unchecked letters is greater in a blocked grid than in a barred one.

   2012 September 7, Chambers, The Chambers Crossword Dictionary, 3rd edition, Hachette UK, →ISBN

   Antonyms: blocked

4. slangHigh on Xanax.

1. obsoleteparticiplepastsimple past and past participle of barr