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Inclosure

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In`clo´sure
n.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.
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Noun1.inclosure - something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter
document, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
2.inclosure - the act of enclosing something inside something else
intromission, insertion, introduction - the act of putting one thing into another
boxing, packing - the enclosure of something in a package or box
encasement, incasement - the act of enclosing something in a case


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The poor antelopes, in the end, are so wearied down, that the whole party of men enter and dispatch them with clubs; not one escaping that has entered the inclosure.
To this unfortunate John intrusted a letter with an inclosure of bonds, addressed to the bank manager.
Between four and five in the afternoon--when the women of the Western regions are in their carriages, and the men are at their clubs--London presents few places more conveniently adapted for purposes of private talk than the solitary garden inclosure of a square.
 
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