Obs. In 7 imb-. [f. EMBAR v. + -MENT.] The action of the verb EMBAR; an embargo, prohibition, hindrance.
1606. Warner, Alb. Eng., XV. xcvii. 387. But many yeeres twixt them and vs hath been Imbarment.
1620. trans. Boccaccio’s Dream, 33. No imbarment remained but remembrance of the Marquesse.
1623. Whitbourn, Disc. Newfoundl. 41. We little feare … the Imbarments of any Prince.
