the act of enclosing something inside something else

a naturally enclosed space

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

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

Inclosure. See Inclosure.

The act of enclosing; that which encloses or is enclosed. Inclosure.

That which encloses or is enclosed; space enclosed; common land when enclosed and appropriated; also spelt with in, as inclose.

Meantime, Marcia has torn open her envelope, and read its enclosure – Molly Bawn by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

A group of several young men entered the enclosure of the court- house together, and from their clothes and appearance I recognized them as the reporters from Louisville and Lexington. – The Portal of Dreams by Charles Neville Buck

Here he is, he continued, as we made our way into the weighing enclosure where only owners and their friends find admittance. – Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Having adjusted himself comfortably at the central desk, he directed the clerk, who sat in an enclosure behind him, to open the court. – Terry's Trials and Triumphs by J. Macdonald Oxley

Something had entered the enclosure like a bullet fired from a gun. – The Lost Trail by Edward S. Ellis

After the first ten thousand had been so measured a fence was put where the circle had been, and the subsequent ten thousands were driven into the enclosure – Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan

On the third day I had taken the precaution to throw out in the inside of our enclosure a sort of open fence, on which I could put the wet boards to dry, which at first I had placed on our side fence. – The-Brick-Moon-and-Other-Stories by Hale, Edward Everett

For a fortnight we were unable to go beyond the hospital enclosure – The New Book Of Martyrs by Georges Duhamel

The basement laundry leads directly into a large drying yard which was the original enclosure for the cows and is surrounded by the same wall of field stone. – Remodeled Farmhouses by Mary H. Northend

The hens lay the whole year round, and no special house is needed for them, an enclosure is enough. – Letters of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov Translated by Constance Garnett

He goes through some training, and as a test of his capacity is required by his teacher to tell at a glance the number of posts in an enclosure which he has not seen before. – The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by R. V. Russell

When they had finished their smoke they started back to their shelter, the middle rock of the enclosure – The Free Range by Francis William Sullivan

A low wall surmounted by a balustrade of cedar- wood separated this sacred enclosure from a court to which the people were permitted to have free access. – History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 6 (of 12) by G. Maspero

This party had no sooner taken possession of the place assigned to them than the second group began to enter the enclosure – The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Julia Pardoe

The day's work is over for those who are lying in the peaceful enclosure – Old Kensington by Miss Thackeray

Two hundred and ten yards of palisades formed the sufficient enclosure – Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam by John S. C. Abbott

At any rate I remember two of our young friends brought up here a good many years ago, and I understand that there is one path across the enclosure which a young man must not ask a young woman to take with him unless he means business, for an action will hold- for breach of promise, if she consents to accompany him, and he chooses to forget his obligations: Our two young people stood at the western edge of the little pool, studying astronomy in the reflected firmament. – The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

But pardon me, how came you in this enclosure – Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by St. George Tucker

The Turks probably never had more than a small post in the enclosure but they were able to keep up a good fire from their positions behind it and its daily capture caused an enormous amount of noise, if little else. – The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 by F.L. Morrison

An altar was found standing in a small enclosure surrounded by a kind of curb. – History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, And Assyria In The Light Of Recent Discovery by L.W. King and H.R. Hall