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A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance between any two consecutive wheels of a train (45 to 50 feet), laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot be thrown until all the train is past the switch.

To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such. Abbott.

To disembark. Pope.

Act of disbarring.

To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.

The act of disembarking.

Disembarkation. [R.]

To free from embarrassment, or perplexity; to clear; to extricate. To disembarrass himself of his companion. Sir W. Scott.

Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.

Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.

Same as Drawbar (b). Called also draglink, and drawlink. [U. S.]

An openmouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.

ption of native princes, given by the governor general of India. [India] [Written also darbar.]

To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars. Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall. Spenser.

Same as Embarkation.

To put in a barge. [Poetic] Drayton.

To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.

To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade. It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation. South.

The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.

Embarkation. [R.] Middleton.