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Enclosure and Inclosure Definitions

Enclosure

The act of enclosing.

Inclosure

Alternative spelling of enclosure

Enclosure

The state of being enclosed.

Inclosure

The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.

Enclosure

Something enclosed
A business letter with a supplemental enclosure.
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Inclosure

That which is inclosed or placed within something; a thing contained; a space inclosed or fenced up.
Within the inclosure there was a great store of houses.

Enclosure

Something that encloses.

Inclosure

That which incloses; a barrier or fence.
Breaking our inclosures every morn.

Enclosure

(countable) Something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.
There was an enclosure with the letter — a photo.

Inclosure

Something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter
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Enclosure

(uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.
The enclosure of a photo with your letter is appreciated.

Inclosure

The act of enclosing something inside something else

Enclosure

(countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
He faced punishment for creating the fenced enclosure in a public park.
The glass enclosure holds the mercury vapor.
The winning horse was first into the unsaddling enclosure.

Enclosure

(uncountable) The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.
The enclosure of public land is against the law.
The experiment requires the enclosure of mercury vapor in a glass tube.
At first, untrained horses resist enclosure.

Enclosure

The act of restricting access to ideas, works of art or technologies using patents or intellectual property laws.

Enclosure

The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.
Strip-farming disappeared after enclosure.

Enclosure

(religion) The area of a convent, monastery, etc where access is restricted to community members.

Enclosure

Inclosure. See Inclosure.

Enclosure

Artifact consisting of a space that has been enclosed for some purpose

Enclosure

The act of enclosing something inside something else

Enclosure

A naturally enclosed space

Enclosure

Something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter

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