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  1. (countable) Something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or other package.
There was an with the letter " a photo.
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    • 1992, Douglas N. Walton, The Place of Emotion in Argument, http://books.google.com/books?id=RkgQLhLHEvYC&pg=PA115&dq=enclosure&sig=qFCti6ktWz7MmiSOKVeAyIeh8nc p115
    • :The centerpiece of the appeal is an with the letter featuring the photograph of the face of the little boy with his black eyes...-->
      1. (uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.
      ''The of a photo with your letter is appreciated.
      1. (countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
      He faced punishment for creating the fenced in a public park.
      The glass holds the mercury vapor.
      The winning horse was first into the unsaddling .
      1. (uncountable) The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.
      The of public land is against the law.
      The experiment requires the of mercury vapor in a glass tube.
      At first, untrained horses resist .
      1. (context, uncountable, British History) The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.
      Strip-farming disappeared after .
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