单词 | enclosure |
释义 | enclosure /en kloh"zheuhr/, n. 1. something that encloses, as a fence or wall. 2. something that is enclosed, as a paper sent in a letter. 3. the separation and appropriation of land by means of a fence. 4. a tract of land surrounded by a fence. 5. an act or instance of enclosing. 6. the state of being enclosed. 7. Rom. Cath. Ch. the part of a monastery or convent canonically separated or restricted as the living quarters of the religious, from which a person may leave only with special permission or gain entrance to by special dispensation. Also, inclosure. [1530-40; ENCLOSE + -URE; cf. AF enclosure] |
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