dictionary definitions for "enclosure"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  enclosure
      n 1: artifact consisting of a space that has been enclosed for
           some purpose
      2: the act of enclosing something inside something else [syn:
         enclosing, envelopment, inclosure]
      3: a naturally enclosed space [syn: natural enclosure]
      4: something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed
         in an envelope with a covering letter [syn: inclosure]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inclosure \In*clo"sure\ (?; 135), n. [See Inclose,
     Enclosure.] [Written also enclosure.]
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     1. The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut
        up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common
        ground by a fence.
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     2. That which is inclosed or placed within something; a thing
        contained; a space inclosed or fenced up.
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              Within the inclosure there was a great store of
              houses.                               --Hakluyt.
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     3. That which incloses; a barrier or fence.
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              Breaking our inclosures every morn.   --W. Browne.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enclosure \En*clo"sure\ (?; 135), n.
     Inclosure. See Inclosure.
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     Note: The words enclose and enclosure are written
           indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or
           inclosure.
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