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/ɛnklˈoʊʒər/ /ɪnklˈoʊʒər/ Listen

noun

Enclosure n. Inclosure. See Inclosure. Note: The words enclose and enclosure are written indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or inclosure.

Inclosure n. (Written also enclosure)

The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.

That which is inclosed or placed within something; a thing contained; a space inclosed or fenced up. "Within the inclosure there was a great store of houses."

That which incloses; a barrier or fence. "Breaking our inclosures every morn."

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Etymology of 'Enclosure'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Enclosure" Quotes from Famous Books

... the same condition all over the premises. The fence round the garden, and in fact all about the house, was dropping to pieces simply for want of a nail here and there. The barn-yard enclosure was strong enough to keep the cattle in, but it was a curious exhibition of hasty patch-work, that would hurt the eye of any mechanic to look at. As to the gates, every one of them rested at one end on the ground. It was hard work even for a man to open and shut them, as they ...

— Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 - An Illustrated Magazine • Various

... letter and its enclosure to Cornelius and Sir Ulick. Cornelius drew back. "I don't want to see the list of your faults, man," said he: "do you think I haven't them all by heart already? and as to the lady's letter, while you live ...

— Tales & Novels, Vol. IX - [Contents: Harrington; Thoughts on Bores; Ormond] • Maria Edgeworth

... gardens of the Tuileries, affords a most excellent idea of that stately style, as developed in France under Franois I. The whole of this splendid plan, however, has been rendered futile by the destruction of the Tuileries, without which the enclosure becomes wholly meaningless. ...

— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 • Various

... form a sound enclosure, which was duly strengthened, so as to protect the horses and bullocks from the wild beasts ...

— Off to the Wilds - Being the Adventures of Two Brothers • George Manville Fenn

... of any size was made up of three buildings joined together so as to make three sides of an enclosure. This space was called a court, and a door led from it to another next the street. In this outer yard pigs and fowl were always to be found. Whenever the missionary dropped in at a home, mother pig and all the little pigs often followed him inside the house, quite like members of the family. Every ...

— The Black-Bearded Barbarian (George Leslie Mackay) • Mary Esther Miller MacGregor, AKA Marion Keith

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