barrier

At length he saw a dark mass, against which it seemed as if the carriage was about to dash; but the vehicle turned to one side, leaving the barrier behind and Danglars saw that it was one of the ramparts encircling Rome.

He did not even see the ocean, that terrible barrier against freedom, which the prisoners look upon with utter despair.

Andrea got into the cab, which passed rapidly through the Faubourg Saint-Denis, along the Faubourg Saint-Martin, crossed the barrier, and threaded its way through the interminable Villette.

And the poor horse resumed the desperate gallop it had kept up since leaving the barrier, and arrived steaming at Louvres.