In-clōs'ūre, n.

noun

(-klō'zhyr), n. [See INCLOSE.] [Written also enclosure.]

Sense 1. Act of inclosing; state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground into distinct possessions by a fence.

Sense 2. That which is inclosed; a thing contained; a space contained or fenced up. Within the inclosure there was a great store of houses. Hackluyt.

Sense 3. That which incloses; a barrier or fence. “Breaking our inclosure every moon.” Browne.