
Noah Webster
Inclosure
INCLO'SURE, noun The act of inclosing.
1. The separation of land from common ground into distinct possessions by a fence.
2. The appropriation of things common.
3. State of being inclosed, shut up or encompasses.
4. A space inclosed or fenced; a space comprehended within certain limits.
5. Ground inclosed or separated from common land.
6. That which is inclosed or contained in an envelop, as a paper.