Enclosures
[ɪn'kloʒɚ]
Examples
- In this park are several small enclosures for cattle, corn, and gardening. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- So did Oliver Goldsmith (1728-74); his _Deserted Village_ (1770) is a pamphlet on enclosures disguised as a poem. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He hemmed the beasts into valleys and enclosures where he could be sure to find them again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Merritt