ENCLOSURE


Meaning of ENCLOSURE in English

[ ɪn'kləʊʒə , ɛn- ]

■ noun

1》 an area that is sealed off by a barrier.

↘ Brit. a section of a racecourse or stadium allocated to a particular group: the members' ~.

2》 a document or object placed in an envelope together with a letter.

3》 the process or policy of enclosing common land so as to make it private property, as carried out in much of Britain in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

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