Definition of inclosure

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Inclosure (n.) The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence..

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Crawl :: Crawl (n.) A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish..
Paddock :: Paddock (n.) A small inclosure for pasture; esp., one adjoining a stable..
Courtyard :: Courtyard (n.) A court or inclosure attached to a house.
Cote :: Cote (n.) A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves..
Corral :: Corral (v. t.) To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; -- primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything..
Bastion :: Bastion (n.) A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin..
Compound :: Compound (n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc..
Tanyard :: Tanyard (n.) An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.
Circus :: Circus (n.) Circuit; space; inclosure.
Boxing :: Boxing (n.) Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing.
Embracement :: Embracement (n.) State of being contained; inclosure.
Campus :: Campus (n.) The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus..
Interior :: Interior (a.) Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball..
Solarium :: Solarium (n.) An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents..
Well :: Well (v. i.) An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their inspection..
Purprise :: Purprise (n.) A close or inclosure; the compass of a manor.
Pale :: Pale (n.) A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively.
Lantern :: Lantern (n.) Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light..
Orchard :: Orchard (n.) An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees..
Vineyard :: Vineyard (n.) An inclosure or yard for grapevines; a plantation of vines producing grapes.
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