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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

... many of them large; and this country is thinly inhabited, except the aforesaid coast, and the people are smaller; and there is great fishery of cod as on the other coast. There has not been seen there either village, or town, or castle, except a great enclosure of wood, which was seen in the gulf of the Castles; and the aforesaid people dwell in little cabins and huts, covered with the bark of trees, which they make to live in during the time of the fisheries, which commences in spring and lasts all the summer. ...

— The Voyage of Verrazzano • Henry C. Murphy

... the brim. There is a large plane-tree in one corner of the court, and creeping plants clamber up trellises; and there are pots of flowers and bird-cages, all of which give a very fresh and cheerful aspect to the enclosure. The court is paved with small round stones; the omnibus belonging to the hotel, and all the carriages of guests drive into it; and the wide arch of the stable-door opens under the central part of the house. Nevertheless, the ...

— Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... five hundred each, were led by Dennie, Monteath and Havelock. Dennie was mortally wounded in trying to carry the outpost, and Havelock halted and formed some of his men into a square to await Akbar's charge, leaving part of his division behind a walled enclosure to the right. ...

— The Red Book of Heroes • Leonora Blanche Lang

... to-day. When Cabrillo came to the coast of southern California he found natives that had never before come in contact with civilized people. He describes a rude temple made by driving stakes in the ground in a circular form, and partitioning the enclosure by similar rows of stakes. At the centre was a rude platform, on which were placed the feathers of certain birds pleasing to the spirit. The natives came to this temple occasionally, and, circling around it, went through many antics of worship. This ...

— History of Human Society • Frank W. Blackmar

... me, yes; last Olympia, I was on the left of the stewards; Euandridas of Elis had got me a place in the Elean enclosure; I particularly wanted to have a near view of how ...

— Works, V2 • Lucian of Samosata

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