A partition or screen, esp. one dividing up the interior of a building; = enterclose, n. 1. Cf. parclose, n. 1a. Chiefly historical in later use.

A partition or screen, esp. one dividing up the interior of a building; = interclose, n. 1. Also attributive in enterclose wall. Cf. parclose, n.…

A thing which separates one part of a space from another. A septum in a plant or animal structure.

concrete. A partition, something that separates. Obsolete.

gen. Any thin, often pliable, sheet or layer, esp. one forming a barrier or lining. Also figurative.

A partition serving to enclose or shut off a space; a dividing wall, hedge, etc. Formerly also: †a communion rail (obsolete). Cf. sept, n.2 2.

generally. Applied to anything natural or artificial which in its nature or function resembles the diaphragm of the animal body, or similarly serves…

A partition (in quot. 1834 probably in extended use of a board not serving as a partition). Cf. diaphragm, n. 2a. Obsolete.

A partition, division.

Something that separates or effects a division or partition; an interval or break between two objects; a cause of separating. rare.

A conjectural emendation, in older editions of Massinger's works, for the word disputations (see quot. 1630), intended to mean ‘division, partition…

An instrument or appliance for separating. A partition, a plate interposed between compartments, e.g. in a voltaic battery, a beehive, etc.