Noah Webster
Foreclose
FORECLO'SE, verb transitive s as z. To shut up; to preclude; to stop; to prevent.
The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade.
To foreclose a mortgager, in law, is to cut him off from his equity of redemption, or the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, by a judgment of court.
[To foreclose a mortgage is not technically correct, but is often used.]