Category:Inclosure

In*clo"sure, n. Etym: [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.