English Dictionary: 'enclosure | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Inclosure \In*clo"sure\ (?; 135), n. [See {Inclose}, {Enclosure}.] [Written also {enclosure}.] 1. The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence. 2. 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. --Hakluyt. 3. That which incloses; a barrier or fence. Breaking our inclosures every morn. --W. Browne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Enclosure \En*clo"sure\ (?; 135), n. Inclosure. See {Inclosure}. Note: The words enclose and enclosure are written indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or inclosure. |