enclosure.
Something that is enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.
Meaning & usage
Something that is enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.
There was an enclosure with the letter — a photo.
The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.
The enclosure of a photo with your letter is appreciated.
An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
He faced punishment for creating the fenced enclosure in a public park.
The glass enclosure holds the mercury vapor.
The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.
The enclosure of public land is against the law.
The experiment requires the enclosure of mercury vapor in a glass tube.
The act of restricting access to ideas, works of art or technologies using patents or intellectual property laws.
The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.
Strip-farming disappeared after enclosure.
The area of a convent, monastery, etc where access is restricted to community members.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English enclosure, from Old French enclosure, from enclore, from Latin inclūdere, inclūdō, from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). Alike to inclusion.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.