1465 8. 9 Quare vi et armis clausum fregit.]
1817 W. Selwyn (ed. 4) II. 1216 The land of every owner or occupier is enclosed and set apart from that of his neighbour, either by a visible and tangible fence..or by an ideal invisible boundary.. Hence every unwarrantable entry upon the land of another is termed a trespass by breaking his close.
1842 Ld. Tennyson It seems I broke a close with force and arms.