Antonyms for enclosures


Grammar : Noun
Spell : en-kloh-zher
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkloʊ ʒər


Definition of enclosures

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "action of enclosing," from enclose + -ure. Meaning "that which is enclosed" is from 1550s.
  • noun area bounded by something
  • noun something included with a letter
Example sentences :
  • I returned both the enclosures; for I knew whence they had come.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • The enclosures which had been made by the tenants were of a few acres here and there.
  • Extract from : « The Enclosures in England » by Harriett Bradley
  • Over it appears the peninsula of Strangford, which consists of enclosures and wood.
  • Extract from : « A Tour in Ireland » by Arthur Young
  • But what most astonished us was the kind of animals we saw in the enclosures.
  • Extract from : « The Desert Home » by Mayne Reid
  • So saying, our two travellers walked on and passed within the enclosures.
  • Extract from : « Rollo in London » by Jacob Abbott
  • And in our enclosures and pens, and horses and guns and ammunition, and in paying our men.
  • Extract from : « Diamond Dyke » by George Manville Fenn
  • So that planting the enclosures in this way cost about £3 15s.
  • Extract from : « The Forest of Dean » by H. G. Nicholls
  • But they had come to the first baklad, as the enclosures are called.
  • Extract from : « An Eagle Flight » by Jos Rizal
  • Moreover, no sound came from the enclosures where the sacred lions used to be.
  • Extract from : « Queen Sheba's Ring » by H. Rider Haggard
  • The envelope contained two enclosures, a document and a letter.
  • Extract from : « Roger Ingleton, Minor » by Talbot Baines Reed

Synonyms for enclosures

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