船ふな止どめ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

embargo on a ship; arrest of a ship; preventing a ship from passing or leaving a port

Refers to the act of detaining a vessel, typically by legal or military authority, to prevent it from sailing. Can be used as a noun or as a suru-verb (intransitive).

• その船ふねは港みなとで船ふな止どめされた。

  The ship was detained in the port.

• 戦せん時じ中ちゅう、敵てき国こくの船ふねに船ふな止どめが行おこなわれた。

  During the war, an embargo was placed on enemy ships.