cordon off

cordon something off

to mark off an area where people should not go with a rope, tape, ribbon, etc. The police cordoned the scene of the crime off, and we could not even get close. They cordoned off the area.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Heintje	HIEN-tyə	Dutch
Eiluned	-	Welsh
Dye	-	Medieval English
Jannicke	YAHN-nik-ke (Swedish)	Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Faris	-	Arabic, Bosnian
Phaedrus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)