Complete Definition of "enclosure"

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Noun
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  1. countable Something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or other package.

#: There was an enclosure with the letter � a photo.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. context|uncountable|British History The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.

#: Strip-farming disappeared after enclosure.

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trans-top|Something enclosed
Finnish: liite
Serbian: branjevito
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trans-top|An area partially or entirely enclosed by walls, fences or buildings
Finnish: suljettu alue, aidattu alue
Serbian: branjevina, odra�evina
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trans-top|The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership
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ttbc|Chinese: ��, �件
ttbc|French: enclos m
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ttbc|Old English: haga

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