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What does hemmed in mean?

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  1. simple past tense and past participle of hem in
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Below stretched Carnmore, a water-filled trench hemmed in by brooding peaks and startling rock bluffs, mile upon mile of rugged isolation.
Though close to the city centre, it serves a relatively poor area, hemmed in by dense, dingy apartment blocks.
You see why a church hemmed in like this put its burial ground out in the empty fields beyond what would become Russell Square.
His dark patio was hemmed in by a cinder block retaining wall that created a barrier between the 1940s house and the rest of the yard.
After Trafalgar, the Empire was hemmed in and its many enemies began circling their prey.
I know that the two guys were hemmed in by record company restrictions, but this is almost completely mainstream stuff.

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