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▪ I. parclose, perclose, n.|ˈpɑːkləʊz, ˈpɜːkləʊz|
Forms: α. 4–6 parclos, (5 -cloos, -klos); 5 perclos, -cloos; β. 4–7, 9 parclose, (6 -closse, 7 -cloese, 9 para-); 5–8 perclose, (6 -clowse).
[ME. parclos, parclose, a. OF. parclos m., parclose fem., pa. pple. of parclore (see next) used subst.]
†1. Close, conclusion (esp. of a sentence, discourse, or writing). Obs.
13..Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 611/75 Now þis schal beo þe parclose, No more to speken of þis prose. 1602Warner Alb. Eng. Epit. (1612) 377 Omitting the particulars of King Harolds answere..the Parcloese was, that by his Sword he would maintaine his Scepter. 1645Quarles Sol. Recant. vii. 97 Let the Perclose of her thoughts be this, To study what Man was, and what Man is. 1671F. Phillips Reg. Necess. 174 The perclose of that Law.
2. A partition, screen, or railing, serving to enclose or shut off a space in a building; esp. (now only) a screen or railing in a church enclosing an altar, a tomb, etc., or separating a chapel, etc. from the main body of the church.
c1400Laud Troy Bk. 11281 Thei made afftir a parclos That al a-boute that fair werk gos. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 4231 By-twix hem nas þer but a parclose Of borde. c1440Promp. Parv. 382/2 Parcloos, pargulum. 1504Nottingham Rec. III. 314 For makyng of a parclose in the Shomaker Both. 1513in Madox Formul. Anglic. 440 My body to be beryed..before the rode within the new perclowse. 1530Palsgr. 251/2 Parclos to parte two roumes, separation. 1611Florio, Vacerra, a raile or perclose of timber wherein something is closed. 1867Ellacombe in Trans. Exeter Dioc. Archit. Soc. Ser. ii. I. 105 The nave is separated from the tower by a parclose of three bays.
†3. An enclosed space, enclosure, cloister, closet; esp. one in a building, separated from the main part by a screen or railing. Obs.
1445–6in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 394 Pro..ij fenestris de lez parcloses Regis et Regine. 1516Ibid. II. 244 A doore into the perclose there. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. cccvi. 460 The other Englysshemen were on the felde, and the Constable styll in his perclose. 1571in Nicolson & Burn Cumberland (1777) 90 A decent perclose of wood, wherein morning and evening prayer shall be read.
4. Her. (perclose). See quot.
1780Edmondson Heraldry II. Gloss., Per close, or Demigarter, is that part of the garter that is buckled and nowed. [Parclose = ‘limber-hole’, in Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., is an error, founded on F. parcloses limber-boards: see Littré.] ▪ II. parˈclose, perˈclose, v.
[ad. OF. parclore, pa. pple. parclos, -close, f. par-, L. per- through, thoroughly, quite + clore:—L. claudĕre to close.]
†1. To bring to a close, close, conclude. Obs.
1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xxi. (1660) 230, I purpose..so to perclose this Treatise. 1626Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) II. 187 Raphe Curteis..this day perclosed all accompts with me for the same. 1667Ormonde MSS. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 52 Orders to satisfy..your petitioner the remaining {pstlg}120, after perclosing their worke.
2. trans. To enclose; to fence in or shut off with a parclose (see prec. 2). rare.
1577Stanyhurst Descr. Irel. in Holinshed Chron. (1807–8) VI. 30 The towne was not perclosed either with ditch or wall. 1855Ecclesiologist XVI. 113 The sanctuary is parclosed, the organ standing on its north side. |