INCLOSURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inclosure mean? 

• INCLOSURE (noun)
  The noun INCLOSURE has 2 senses:

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

2. the act of enclosing something inside something else

  Familiarity information: INCLOSURE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCLOSURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

enclosure; inclosure

Hypernyms ("inclosure" is a kind of...):

document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of enclosing something inside something else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

enclosing; enclosure; envelopment; inclosure

Hypernyms ("inclosure" is a kind of...):

insertion; introduction; intromission (the act of putting one thing into another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inclosure"):

boxing; packing (the enclosure of something in a package or box)

encasement; incasement (the act of enclosing something in a case)

Derivation:

inclose (place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing)

 Context examples 

He carried a high white hat in his hand, and running down the lane which had been kept open through the crowd to allow persons to reach the ring, he threw the hat high into the air, so that it fell within the staked inclosure.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The garden was a wide inclosure, surrounded with walls so high as to exclude every glimpse of prospect; a covered verandah ran down one side, and broad walks bordered a middle space divided into scores of little beds: these beds were assigned as gardens for the pupils to cultivate, and each bed had an owner.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)