Hypertext Webster Gateway: "enclosure"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inclosure \In*clo"sure\ (?; 135), n. [See {Inclose},
{Enclosure}.] [Written also {enclosure}.]
1. The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut
up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common
ground by a fence.
2. 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. --Hakluyt.
3. That which incloses; a barrier or fence.
Breaking our inclosures every morn. --W. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Enclosure \En*clo"sure\ (?; 135), n.
Inclosure. See {Inclosure}.
Note: The words enclose and enclosure are written
indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or
inclosure.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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