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enclosure
[ en-kloh-zher ]
noun
- something that encloses, as a fence or wall.
- something that is enclosed in or along with something else, as a photograph sent in a letter.
- an area, such as a plot of ground or an indoor surface, surrounded by a fence, rope, or other barrier.
- the separation and appropriation of land by means of a fence.
- an act or instance of enclosing.
- the state of being enclosed.
- Roman Catholic Church. the part of a monastery or convent canonically separated or restricted as the living quarters of the religious, which a person may leave only with special permission or gain entrance to by special dispensation.
enclosure
/ ɪnˈkləʊʒə /
noun
- the act of enclosing or state of being enclosed
- a region or area enclosed by or as if by a fence
- the act of appropriating land, esp common land, by putting a hedge or other barrier around it
- history such acts as were carried out at various periods in England, esp between the 12th and 14th centuries and finally in the 18th and 19th centuries
- a fence, wall, etc, that serves to enclose
- something, esp a supporting document, enclosed within an envelope or wrapper, esp together with a letter
- a section of a sports ground, racecourse, etc, allotted to certain spectators
Other Words From
- non·en·clo·sure noun
- pre·en·clo·sure noun
- sem·i·en·clo·sure noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of enclosure1
Example Sentences
In later lab experiments, the researchers placed brown tree snakes inside an enclosure with a wide pole.
Asus ROG Flow X13 with XG Mobile eGPUAs stated before, you can’t cram a full-fledged desktop GPU into a laptop, which is where external GPU enclosures come into play.
With every vote at a premium, workers had constructed an enclosure in a balcony overlooking the House chamber so lawmakers exposed to or testing positive for the coronavirus could more safely vote.
The word “garden” originally referred to “a sense of enclosure,” explains the North Carolinian’s statement.
The silver menorah, shielded from the wind by a tall, narrow glass enclosure, was too deep to be easily lit with a tiny match.
Park employees helped John quit tobacco by way of a butts-proof glass enclosure, a drastic change in diet, and regular exercise.
At his signal, a gate at the far end of the enclosure was swung open.
The bulls ran through the crowd, and into another pen at the opposite end of the enclosure.
It will also ensure that there can be no fire inside the enclosure, thus adding another layer of protection to the battery system.
This enclosure will isolate the battery from the rest of the equipment in the electronic bays.
A cannon-ball crashed through the mud wall and bounded across the enclosure.
Chumru quickly picked out the house of a zemindar, or land-owner, which stood in its own walled enclosure behind a clump of trees.
"I received this letter by the afternoon mail," said Mr. Carr, taking one from the safe enclosure of his pocket-book.
To make sure of his game he had likewise ceiled the upper room all around, including the enclosure of the stairs.
The slips must go in another enclosure, I suspect, owing to their beastly bulk.
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