inclosure

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word inclosure. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word inclosure, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say inclosure in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word inclosure you have here. The definition of the word inclosure will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofinclosure, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Noun

inclosure (countable and uncountable, plural inclosures)

  1. (now uncommon) Alternative spelling of enclosure
    • 1821, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter XIV, in The Spy, H M Caldwell, →OCLC, page 156:
      The graveyard was an inclosure on the grounds of Mr. Wharton, which had been fenced with stone, and set apart for the purpose, by that gentleman, some years before. It was not, however, intended as a burial-place for any of his own family.
    • 1918, Edgar Rice Burrows, The People that Time Forgot, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
      The only opening into the inclosure was through a small aperture.

Anagrams