obstruction
noun
something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance.
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Obstacle 1 is a model trench, built for instructional purposes and now being turned to obstructional account.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916 by Sir Owen Seaman