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Definition of enclosure in English: enclosure(also inclosure) noun ɛnˈkləʊʒəɪnˈkləʊʒə 1An area that is surrounded by a barrier. Example sentencesExamples - The elephants are in an enclosure surrounded by an electric fence and guards will monitor them on horseback and from speed boats.
- Now the authorities have taken up the work of putting up a contour wall around the enclosure and earth-filling work has also been taken up.
- There were ponies frightened out of their enclosures, cattle racing mad throughout the fields, not to mention the land itself, which was all cut-up.
- Some days later, half a dozen plastic covers containing some popcorn were found near one of the deer enclosures.
- The park has been closed, with all the animals being kept inside their cages except for some monkeys who are allowed to play outside in a special enclosure.
- Could zoos design enclosures to keep vulnerable animals properly?
- The big cat took exception to Jill and Steve Argent's red Rover when it entered the tiger enclosure.
- In the middle Iron Age, open settlement was superseded by a large enclosure surrounded by a 6m-wide ditch, with an associated field system.
- The remains of a small amphitheatre and three rectangular enclosures, possibly Roman, can be seen in fields beside the road.
- The two fenced enclosures have been placed by the main entrance to the building, in an area that is to be landscaped.
- The Park itself has many other attractions, such as woodland walks, deer enclosures and wild boar areas.
- Philip was officially opening the new attraction, one of the UK's largest otter enclosures.
- Almost immediately he began setting up his own Botanic Garden, taking over an old stone-walled enclosure, formerly the common or stable yard, next to the kitchen garden.
- Hughes endured a barrage of insults as he jogged in front of the animal enclosure.
- Well, I'd come to visit the zoo - and, more specifically, to check out its latest additions: lions and chimps in special new enclosures.
- The chariot had been placed in a large oval pit in the centre of a square ditched enclosure.
- Two at a time, men enter an enclosure, each holding a bird under his arm.
- How can one be sure that the dry moat surrounding the enclosures would actually prevent the lions or the bears from jumping across?
- One spot that has been identified for this is the half-acre area near the giraffe enclosure.
- Disinfection powder is sprinkled outside animal enclosures to keep away insects and pests.
- The two other lions have been moved to a small indoor enclosure at the zoo.
Synonyms paddock, fold, pen, compound, stockade, ring, yard, pound sty, coop, cage Scottish parrock North American corral South African kraal in South America potrero rare circumvallation - 1.1British A section of a racecourse for a specified activity or group of people.
Example sentencesExamples - On the other side of the track, the enclosure was teeming with people tucking into food hampers while supping from cans and plastic glasses.
- The victorious Culloty gets a huge reception when he returns to the winners' enclosure.
- Aintree's famous enclosed winner's enclosure will welcome its last Grand National victor on Saturday.
- His cheerful and sporting disposition guarantee a rapturous reception in the winner's enclosure.
- The owner was clearly deflated as he waited for his horse to return to the saddling enclosure.
- The famous Ascot dress code also applies, with top hat and tails a must for men in the royal enclosure.
- From the track to the unsaddling enclosure, every yard felt like a mile.
- Best Mate, trained by Henrietta Knight, won his third Gold Cup last year and now has an enclosure named after him at the course.
- With transfers into the members enclosure also available at extra cost at most race meetings, ticket holders have additional flexibility.
- We ran towards the unsaddling enclosure 100 yards away and made it with seconds to spare.
- Forget the road congestion, it's the traffic jams inside the racecourse enclosures which will occupy the team bringing this magnificent spectacle to York.
- It was a far cry from members' enclosures at racetracks.
- He has a very good strike rate and level-stakes profit with all his rides and I'm sure there are plenty more winners' enclosures for him to visit in 2005.
- Hopefully, we will see him in the winner's enclosure on the day.
Synonyms area, special area, assigned area, compound, arena box, compartment - 1.2 A barrier that surrounds an area.
the cemetery lay within a high walled enclosure Example sentencesExamples - Each enclosure had three walls and was open on the forest side.
- In Canada, leisure activities may have to take place either inside, or within enclosures protected by mosquito nets and on artificial turf.
- A new wall and grills have already been put up to form an enclosure around the area.
- Ground-mounted equipment is surrounded by enclosures and warning signs are posted on the equipment and fences.
- Ditches, fences, and other enclosures kept out animal intruders, such as cattle, foxes, and small rodents.
- Wiping down tile shower enclosure walls with lemon oil also retards the formation of soap scum.
- The theory is that deer see the enclosure and while they can easily jump over, they don't want to get trapped in an enclosed area.
- Open decks form the main showroom spaces, while simple glass enclosures contain administration, staff and sales rooms.
- Once spawning began, a large enclosure was constructed across the mouth of the bay containing the colony.
- The project is expected to be long term, with the igloos remaining in the area as protective enclosures, shielding the penguins from dangers of domestic animals.
- The bandstand has lost original parts, such as the decorative balustrade and metal enclosures, which surrounded the construction.
- Fencing materials were carried by the students to the top of the mountain to be used to build enclosures to protect the vegetation inside.
- One option is to construct a simple hinged gate that makes up one wall of the enclosure.
- And yes, when you look at the buildings and you see the high walls and the enclosures you really knew that it was to keep people in.
- It was a windy night, but the bowl-shaped rock formation around the area made a useful enclosure that kept the weather out.
- Be sure to inspect walls, curtains, barriers, and enclosures for holes, burn marks, and other indications of misdirected laser energy.
- The most obvious is a small roughly circular earthwork enclosure, known as The Ring.
- Around the circle is a ditched enclosure with an outer bank.
- He died after a rare Asian elephant, threw him against the walls of the enclosure at Chester Zoo then head-butted him.
- Each centre typically comprises one or more earthwork enclosures containing burial mounds.
Synonyms barrier, paling, railing, rail, bar, hurdle
2mass noun The state of being enclosed, especially in a religious community. the nuns kept strict enclosure Example sentencesExamples - Tridentine decrees forced the enclosure of their community.
- 2.1historical The process or policy of fencing in wasteland or common land so as to make it private property, as pursued in much of Britain in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
one of the chief effects of enclosure was to increase the number of landless workers Example sentencesExamples - Social stratification was pronounced in the countryside of Europe even before the enclosure movement.
- No one denies England's upper classes became wealthy partly as a result of the enclosure of common land, resulting in the creation of a sizeable class of landless poor.
- The enclosure of common land permitted the systematic exploitation of timber or its improvement as arable land to meet the rising demand for grain.
- Air photos show a pattern of Romano British fields under the later enclosures.
- This process, called enclosure, is taught in schools as a story about the way agriculture was made more efficient.
- A process known as land enclosure had changed the face of the landscape.
- At the beginning of the period, enclosure was often a piecemeal process, undertaken by agreement within the village or by fencing some land from common grazing on adjoining waste.
- Of course, like the first enclosure movement, this new one has its defenders.
- How did we get to this point of corporate ' enclosure of the commons'?
- This poem is one of the pithiest condemnations of the English enclosure movement, the process of fencing off common land and turning it into private property.
- Commoners, squatters, and others who had lived on the land but without a specific landholding were expropriated at enclosure, and few seem to have been able to make a living thereafter.
- They were expressly exempted from inclosure under section 15 of the Inclosure Act 1845.
- It has survived enclosure and modernisation and strips have been passed down through generations.
- In this regard, " enclosure of the commons " is a useful term.
- The privatisation of cultural expressions corresponds to the enclosure of public land in the fifteenth to eighteenth century.
3A document or object placed in an envelope together with a letter. Example sentencesExamples - Having considered her letter and enclosures we find that the reason that she has given for her non-attendance is quite unsatisfactory.
- Included in the same exhibit, apparently as enclosures to the letter of 6 July, are a copy of the Master's order and of the court receipt for payment of the security.
- We would be most grateful if as a matter of urgency you would confirm receipt of this letter and its enclosure.
- The letter contains no reference to any other enclosures with the letter apart from the insurance questionnaire.
- I confirm that I received this letter and the enclosures.
- The letter's enclosures included documents in support of that charge.
- I trust that the contents of this letter and its enclosures answer your queries and concerns however if you have any further questions regarding our proposed changes please do not hesitate to contact me.
- Letters hold surprising enclosures - pressed violets, four-leaf clovers, and the occasional trinket.
- This notification will acknowledge receipt of your latest communication and its enclosures.
Synonyms insertion, inclusion, addition thing enclosed
Origin Late Middle English: from legal Anglo-Norman French and Old French, from enclos 'closed in' (see enclose). Rhymes closure, composure, exposure, foreclosure Definition of enclosure in US English: enclosure(also inclosure) noun 1An area that is sealed off with an artificial or natural barrier. Example sentencesExamples - Disinfection powder is sprinkled outside animal enclosures to keep away insects and pests.
- The Park itself has many other attractions, such as woodland walks, deer enclosures and wild boar areas.
- Some days later, half a dozen plastic covers containing some popcorn were found near one of the deer enclosures.
- The park has been closed, with all the animals being kept inside their cages except for some monkeys who are allowed to play outside in a special enclosure.
- There were ponies frightened out of their enclosures, cattle racing mad throughout the fields, not to mention the land itself, which was all cut-up.
- In the middle Iron Age, open settlement was superseded by a large enclosure surrounded by a 6m-wide ditch, with an associated field system.
- Two at a time, men enter an enclosure, each holding a bird under his arm.
- The remains of a small amphitheatre and three rectangular enclosures, possibly Roman, can be seen in fields beside the road.
- Now the authorities have taken up the work of putting up a contour wall around the enclosure and earth-filling work has also been taken up.
- Well, I'd come to visit the zoo - and, more specifically, to check out its latest additions: lions and chimps in special new enclosures.
- Almost immediately he began setting up his own Botanic Garden, taking over an old stone-walled enclosure, formerly the common or stable yard, next to the kitchen garden.
- One spot that has been identified for this is the half-acre area near the giraffe enclosure.
- How can one be sure that the dry moat surrounding the enclosures would actually prevent the lions or the bears from jumping across?
- The two fenced enclosures have been placed by the main entrance to the building, in an area that is to be landscaped.
- The two other lions have been moved to a small indoor enclosure at the zoo.
- Hughes endured a barrage of insults as he jogged in front of the animal enclosure.
- Philip was officially opening the new attraction, one of the UK's largest otter enclosures.
- The chariot had been placed in a large oval pit in the centre of a square ditched enclosure.
- Could zoos design enclosures to keep vulnerable animals properly?
- The elephants are in an enclosure surrounded by an electric fence and guards will monitor them on horseback and from speed boats.
- The big cat took exception to Jill and Steve Argent's red Rover when it entered the tiger enclosure.
Synonyms paddock, fold, pen, compound, stockade, ring, yard, pound - 1.1 An artificial or natural barrier that seals off an area.
Example sentencesExamples - In Canada, leisure activities may have to take place either inside, or within enclosures protected by mosquito nets and on artificial turf.
- It was a windy night, but the bowl-shaped rock formation around the area made a useful enclosure that kept the weather out.
- Each centre typically comprises one or more earthwork enclosures containing burial mounds.
- Once spawning began, a large enclosure was constructed across the mouth of the bay containing the colony.
- Fencing materials were carried by the students to the top of the mountain to be used to build enclosures to protect the vegetation inside.
- Wiping down tile shower enclosure walls with lemon oil also retards the formation of soap scum.
- Each enclosure had three walls and was open on the forest side.
- One option is to construct a simple hinged gate that makes up one wall of the enclosure.
- Open decks form the main showroom spaces, while simple glass enclosures contain administration, staff and sales rooms.
- The project is expected to be long term, with the igloos remaining in the area as protective enclosures, shielding the penguins from dangers of domestic animals.
- Ditches, fences, and other enclosures kept out animal intruders, such as cattle, foxes, and small rodents.
- Ground-mounted equipment is surrounded by enclosures and warning signs are posted on the equipment and fences.
- The bandstand has lost original parts, such as the decorative balustrade and metal enclosures, which surrounded the construction.
- A new wall and grills have already been put up to form an enclosure around the area.
- He died after a rare Asian elephant, threw him against the walls of the enclosure at Chester Zoo then head-butted him.
- Around the circle is a ditched enclosure with an outer bank.
- The most obvious is a small roughly circular earthwork enclosure, known as The Ring.
- And yes, when you look at the buildings and you see the high walls and the enclosures you really knew that it was to keep people in.
- Be sure to inspect walls, curtains, barriers, and enclosures for holes, burn marks, and other indications of misdirected laser energy.
- The theory is that deer see the enclosure and while they can easily jump over, they don't want to get trapped in an enclosed area.
Synonyms barrier, paling, railing, rail, bar, hurdle
2The state of being enclosed, especially in a religious community. the nuns kept strict enclosure Example sentencesExamples - Tridentine decrees forced the enclosure of their community.
- 2.1historical The process or policy of fencing in waste or common land so as to make it private property, as pursued in much of Britain in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
one of the chief effects of enclosure was to increase the number of landless workers Example sentencesExamples - It has survived enclosure and modernisation and strips have been passed down through generations.
- This process, called enclosure, is taught in schools as a story about the way agriculture was made more efficient.
- Commoners, squatters, and others who had lived on the land but without a specific landholding were expropriated at enclosure, and few seem to have been able to make a living thereafter.
- Air photos show a pattern of Romano British fields under the later enclosures.
- The enclosure of common land permitted the systematic exploitation of timber or its improvement as arable land to meet the rising demand for grain.
- Of course, like the first enclosure movement, this new one has its defenders.
- Social stratification was pronounced in the countryside of Europe even before the enclosure movement.
- In this regard, " enclosure of the commons " is a useful term.
- They were expressly exempted from inclosure under section 15 of the Inclosure Act 1845.
- The privatisation of cultural expressions corresponds to the enclosure of public land in the fifteenth to eighteenth century.
- No one denies England's upper classes became wealthy partly as a result of the enclosure of common land, resulting in the creation of a sizeable class of landless poor.
- At the beginning of the period, enclosure was often a piecemeal process, undertaken by agreement within the village or by fencing some land from common grazing on adjoining waste.
- How did we get to this point of corporate ' enclosure of the commons'?
- This poem is one of the pithiest condemnations of the English enclosure movement, the process of fencing off common land and turning it into private property.
- A process known as land enclosure had changed the face of the landscape.
3A document or object placed in an envelope together with a letter. Example sentencesExamples - Having considered her letter and enclosures we find that the reason that she has given for her non-attendance is quite unsatisfactory.
- The letter contains no reference to any other enclosures with the letter apart from the insurance questionnaire.
- Letters hold surprising enclosures - pressed violets, four-leaf clovers, and the occasional trinket.
- I trust that the contents of this letter and its enclosures answer your queries and concerns however if you have any further questions regarding our proposed changes please do not hesitate to contact me.
- This notification will acknowledge receipt of your latest communication and its enclosures.
- Included in the same exhibit, apparently as enclosures to the letter of 6 July, are a copy of the Master's order and of the court receipt for payment of the security.
- We would be most grateful if as a matter of urgency you would confirm receipt of this letter and its enclosure.
- The letter's enclosures included documents in support of that charge.
- I confirm that I received this letter and the enclosures.
Synonyms insertion, inclusion, addition
Origin Late Middle English: from legal Anglo-Norman French and Old French, from enclos ‘closed in’ (see enclose). |