cordon off

English

Verb

cordon off (third-person singular simple present cordons off, present participle cordoning off, simple past and past participle cordoned off)

1. (transitive) To protect from intrusion by enclosing in a rope barrier.

   Coordinate term: curtain off

   A portion of the office was cordoned off during the outsiders' tour.

   The police cordoned off the street while they investigated the accident.

Translations

to enclose with rope barrier

• Finnish: sulkea köysiaidalla, eristää (fi)
• French: (slang) boucler (fr)
• Japanese: 結界 (ja) (けっかい, kekkai)
• Swedish: spärra av (sv), avgränsa (sv), omgärda (sv), isolera (sv), avsnöra, instänga