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==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|inclosure}} {{qualifier|was as common as or more common until the early 1800s; now uncommon}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|enclosure}}, from {{der|en|fro|enclosure}}, from {{m|fro|enclore}}, from {{der|en|la|inclūdō|inclūdere, inclūdō}}, from {{m|la|in-||in}} + {{m|la|claudō||to shut}}, ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)kleh₂w-|*kleh₂u-|key, hook, nail}}. Alike to {{m|en|inclusion}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɛnˈkloʊʒəɹ/|/ɪnˈkloʊʒəɹ/|a=US}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɪnˈkləʊʒə/|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enclosure.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɘnˈklɐʉʒɘ/|a=NZ}}
* {{hyph|en|en|clo|sure}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|countable}} Something that is [[enclose]]d, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.
#: {{ux|en|There was an '''enclosure''' with the letter — a photo.}}
<!--future citation for dropbox; move to Quotations section
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1992|author=Douglas N. Walton|title=The Place of Emotion in Argument|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=RkgQLhLHEvYC&pg=PA115&dq=enclosure&sig=qFCti6ktWz7MmiSOKVeAyIeh8nc|page=115
|passage=The centerpiece of the appeal is an '''enclosure''' with the letter featuring the photograph of the face of the little boy with his black eyes...}}-->
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or [[inclusion]] of an item in a letter or package.
#: {{ux|en|The '''enclosure''' of a photo with your letter is appreciated.}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} An [[area]], [[domain]], or amount of something [[partially]] or [[entirely]] enclosed by [[barrier]]s.
#: {{ux|en|He faced punishment for creating the fenced '''enclosure''' in a public park.}}
#: {{ux|en|The glass '''enclosure''' holds the mercury vapor.}}
#: {{ux|en|The winning horse was first into the unsaddling '''enclosure'''.}}
#* {{RQ:Conrad Heart of Darkness|page=199|passage=And the village was deserted, the huts gaped black, rotting, all askew within the fallen '''enclosures'''.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The act of [[separating]] and [[surrounding]] an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.
#: {{ux|en|The '''enclosure''' of public land is against the law.}}
#: {{ux|en|The experiment requires the '''enclosure''' of mercury vapor in a glass tube.}}
#: {{ux|en|At first, untrained horses resist '''enclosure'''.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable|by extension}} The act of [[restricting]] access to [[idea]]s, [[work of art|works of art]] or technologies using [[patent]]s or [[intellectual property]] [[law]]s.
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Astra Taylor|chapter=5|title=The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age|year=2014|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|isbn=978-0-8050-9545-6|passage=Copyright, from day one, was designed to be both an impediment and an incentive, a mechanism of '''enclosure''' (one that prevented the unlicensed printing of texts, thereby limiting access) and a catalyst of sorts, a structure to stimulate the production of literary goods by rewarding writers and publishers for their labor.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Robert Stam|title=World Literature, Transnational Cinema, and Global Media|year=2019|publisher=Routledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0D6IDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT138&dq=enclosure&hl=es&pg=PT23#v=onepage&q&f=false|isbn=978-0-429-76739-5|passage=The ''commons'' evokes resistance to “'''enclosure'''” in all its forms, whether in its early proto-capitalist form of fencing in commonly shared land, or in its contemporary forms of marshalling judicial restraints such as “patent” and “intellectual property” to police the ownership of ideas.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable|British History}} The [[post]]-[[feudal]] process of [[subdivision]] of [[common]] lands for individual ownership.
#: {{ux|en|Strip-farming disappeared after '''enclosure'''.}}
# {{lb|en|religion}} The area of a [[convent]], [[monastery]], etc where [[access]] is [[restrict]]ed to community members.

====Usage notes====
* For more on the spelling of this word, see {{m|en|enclose}}.

====Derived terms====
{{der2|en|loudspeaker enclosure|speaker enclosure|banjo enclosure}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|something enclosed}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|приложе́ние|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|tancament|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|附件|tr=fùjiàn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|příloha|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|indlæg|n}}, {{t|da|bilag|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|liite}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pièce jointe|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Anlage|f}}, {{t+|de|Beilage|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|allegato|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|別紙|tr=べっし, besshi}}
* Latin: {{t|la|clausum|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|приложе́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|вложе́ние|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|брањевито|?}}
*: Roman: {{t|sh|branjevito|?}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|encierro|m}}, {{t|es|cercamiento|m}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|afray|m}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ilişik}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|act of enclosing}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|clausura|f}}, {{t+|ca|tancament|m}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|oplocení|n}}, {{t|cs|ohrazení|n}}
* French: {{t+|fr|encloitrer}}, {{t+|fr|encloîtrer}}
* German: {{t|de|Beilegen|n}}, {{t|de|Beifügen|n}}, {{t|de|Hinzufügen|n}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|taiepatanga}}, {{t|mi|tāepatanga}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|включение}}, {{t+|ru|вложение|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|encierro|m}}, {{t|es|cercamiento|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|area partially or entirely enclosed by walls, fences or buildings}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|оградено място|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|tancat|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|圍場|tr=wéichǎng}}
* Danish: {{t|da|indhegning|c}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[suljettu]] [[alue]]}}, {{t|fi|[[aidattu]] [[alue]]}}
* French: {{t+|fr|enclos|m}}
* Gallo: {{t|roa-gal|tio|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gehege|n}}, {{t|de|eingefriedetes Grundstück|n}}, {{t+|de|Einschließung|f}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰|m}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|περίβολος|m}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|girðing|f}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|clós|m}}, {{t|ga|bábhún|m}}, {{t|ga|banrach|f}}, {{t|ga|loca|m}}, {{t|ga|mainnear|f}}, {{t|ga|fál|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|recinto|m}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|囲い込み|tr=かこいこみ, kakoikomi}}
* Latin: {{t|la|clausum|n}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|innhegning|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|innhegning|f}}
* Old Church Slavonic: {{t|cu|ограждениѥ|n}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|tūn|m}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|قوری|tr=korı, koru}} {{qualifier|enclosed meadow or forest}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cercado|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|împrejmuire|f}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|огоро́женное ме́сто|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|бра̀њевина|f}}, {{t|sh|одрађевина|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|brànjevina|f}}, {{t|sh|odrađevina|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|encierro|m}}, {{t+|es|recinto|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|inhägnad|c}}, {{t+|sv|hage|c}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|prautke}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|çevrelenmiş}}, {{t|tr|çitlenmiş}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|act of separating and surrounding an area etc. with a barrier}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|ohrazení|n}}
* French: {{t+|fr|cloitrer}}
* German: {{t|de|Einzäunen|n}}, {{t+|de|Einschließen|n}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|taiepatanga}}, {{t|mi|tāepatanga}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ограждение}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|reparto|m}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|çitleme}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|inaccessible part of the monastery}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|clausura|f}}
* French: {{t+|fr|cloître|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Klausur|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|clausura|f}}
* Latin: {{t|la|clausura|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|klauzura|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|clausura|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Old English: {{t-check|ang|haga}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ceelnorsu|corneules|encolures}}

==Old French==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|fro|encloseure}}

===Etymology===
''enclos-'', stem of {{suffix|fro|enclore|ure}}.

===Noun===
{{fro-noun|f}}

# {{l|en|enclosure}} (act of enclosing something)
# {{l|en|enclosure}} (enclosed area)

===References===
* {{R:Godefroy|encloseure}}
* {{R:Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub}}

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