1703 D. Jones Compl. Hist. Europe 1702 21 They contented themselves with the Blockading of Mantua.

1797 Lady's Mag. Aug. 380/2 Admiral lord St. Vincent, having exhausted his patience by remaining so long inactive in the blockading of Cadiz, gave orders for some of the fleet to unmoor.

1836 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 20 i. 184 The British cabinet suggested the blockading of those islands; the more vigorous policy of Lord Minto planned and directed their conquest.

1888 Fortn. Rev. 1 Nov. 577 If blockading is so difficult, why not give it up, and watch your enemy, keeping your ironclads in port?

1917 S. D. Fess Probl. Neutrality U.S. House of Representatives Doc. No. 2111. 298 It would still be easily practicable to comply with the well-recognized and reasonable prohibition of international law against the blockading of neutral ports.

1951 Internat. Organization 5 179 The United Kingdom representative..emphasized the concern of his government at the blockading of oil shipments for Israel at the Suez Canal.

2008 Outlook 1 Sept. 15/2 The protests led to the blockading of the Jammu-Srinagar highway.

1735 Polit. State Great Brit. Mar. 258 A Party of that Garrison..fell upon the blockading Army with such Vigour and Success, that they killed 1600.

1799 C. Robinson Rep. High Court Admiralty 1 87 It is not an accidental absence of the blockading force, nor the circumstance of being blown off by wind,..that will be sufficient in law to remove a blockade.

1810 Ann. Reg. 1808 (Otridge ed.) Hist. Europe 85/2 The general of a blockading army.

1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxiv. 284 The blockading squadron.

1905 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 507 As the high barometer pushes into the low areas from the northwest, look for..blizzards of blockading snow.

2000 Austral. Financial Rev. 9 Sept. 22 Blockading French farmers and West Australian truck drivers might be tilting at windmills if they want a significant cut in fuel prices.