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enclosture (s.xii3/4)
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The form enclaustere is a cross reference to the following entry:

enclosture (s.xii3/4)

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enclosteure,  enclostour,  enclostoure;  encloisture,  enclousture  (enclaustere  Rot Parl1 ii 101)  
  FEW:  clausura 2/i,755a Gdf:  enclosture 3,107c GdfC: ∅ TL: enclosture 3,218 DEAF:  closure (enclosture)  DMF:  enclôture  TLF:  enclôture  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1enclosing: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  Et ausi pora hom purchacer par enclosture de pessouns et de autre sauvagine  BRITT i 215
( 1321-22 )  les despenses [...] entour la dite enclostoure de mure et de fosse  Rot Parl1 i 394
♦enclosure: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  si ascun destreignur ne troeve qe naamer forqe dedenz enclosture [...]  Mir Just 71
♦surrounding wall: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Une cité ont fet, grande est a demesure. D’un morter merveillus est fete l’ enclosture  Rom Chev ANTS 6037
♦hedge: 
( 1315 )  Nota de wast ou illi (l. il i) avoit coupé l’ enclosture d’un pree [...]  YBB Ed II xvii 122
♦fencing: 
( 1306 )  […] de enclore xx. perches entour le parke […] issint qe nous devoms aver la veille enclosture  YBB 33-35 Ed I 137
( 1315 )  chescun tenaunt une bové de terre deit couper le bois le Prior pur encloisture  YBB Ed II xvii 151
2fastening (?): 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  a deliverer al purchaceour la seisine par le haspe ou par le anel de l’uihs, ou par encousture (var. (N: c.1310) enclosture; (M: s.xivin) encusture) de la porte  BRITT i 261
3monasticeccl.cloister: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  toz a le oil a l’overture de le encloistreure (var. (BN: s.xivin) encloisture)  Ancren2 199.20
( 1321 )  lour enclosture e refettour est saintuairie auxi com lour eglise  YBB Ed II xxvi 196
fors d’enclosture
unenclosed, loose: 
( 1315 )  il vous bailla les joueals susnometz hors d’ enclosture et deseruiré  YBB Ed II xvii 136

See also:

encloistre 
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