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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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