English-Thai Dictionary

enclosure

N การ ปิด  การ ล้อมรอบ  kan-pid

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENCLOSURE

ENCLOSURE En *clo "sure, n.

 

Defn: Inclosure. See Inclosure.

 

Note: The words enclose and enclosure are written indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or inclosure.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

enclosure

en clo sure |enˈklōZHər ɪnˈkloʊʒər |(also dated inclosure ) ▶noun 1 an area that is sealed off with an artificial or natural barrier. • an artificial or natural barrier that seals off an area. 2 the state of being enclosed, esp. in a religious community: the nuns kept strict enclosure. • historical the process or policy of fencing in waste or common land so as to make it private property, as pursued in much of Britain in the 18th and early 19th centuries: one of the chief effects of enclosure was to increase the number of landless workers. 3 a document or object placed in an envelope together with a letter. ORIGIN late Middle English: from legal Anglo-Norman French and Old French, from enclos ‘closed in ’ (see enclose ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

enclosure

enclosure |ɪnˈkləʊʒə, ɛn- |(also inclosure ) ▶noun 1 an area that is surrounded by a barrier: a deer enclosure. • Brit. a section of a racecourse for a specified activity or group of people: the members' enclosure. • a barrier that surrounds an area. 2 a document or object placed in an envelope together with a letter. 3 [ mass noun ] historical the process or policy of fencing in wasteland or common land so as to make it private property, as pursued in much of Britain in the 18th and early 19th centuries. 4 the state of being enclosed, especially in a religious community. ORIGIN late Middle English: from legal Anglo-Norman French and Old French, from enclos ‘closed in ’ (see enclose ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

enclosure

enclosure noun they drove the donkeys into the enclosure: paddock, fold, pen, compound, stockade, ring, yard; sty, coop, corral.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

enclosure

enclosure noun 1 they drove the donkeys into the enclosure: paddock, fold, pen, compound, stockade, ring, yard, pound; sty, coop, cage; Scottish parrock; N. Amer. corral; S. African kraal; in S. America potrero; rare circumvallation. 2 she watched the race from the royal enclosure: area, special area, assigned area, compound, arena; box, compartment. 3 her cheque arrived and the only other enclosure was a compliments slip: insertion, inclusion, addition; thing enclosed.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

enclosure

en clo sure /ɪnklóʊʒə r /名詞 1 C (塀などで )囲まれた場所 [土地 ].2 U (塀などで )囲い込むこと, 囲い込み .3 C 同封された物 .4 U 〘英史 〙エンクロージャー, 囲い込み 〘16 --19世紀; 私有地の共有地からの区分を認める 〙.E -́ À ct 〖the ～〗〘英史 〙囲い込み法 .