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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: enclosure n 1: a space that has been enclosed for some purpose 2: the act of enclosing something inside something else [syn: {enclosing}, {envelopment}, {enveloping}, {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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