n.

[See Inclose, Enclosure.]
[Written also enclosure.]

1. The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.

2. That which is inclosed or placed within something; a thing contained; a space inclosed or fenced up.

Within the inclosure there was a great store of houses.

Hakluyt.

3. That which incloses; a barrier or fence.

Breaking our inclosures every morn.

W. Browne.

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Any land enclosed by something other than an imaginary boundary line, i.e., some wall, hedge, fence, ditch or other actual obstruction. See 39 Vt. 326, 332; 113 N.W. 384, 388. The word "town" derives from the Anglo-Saxon word "tun," meaning "inclosure." See 23 P. 405, 406; 6 N.W. 607, 608. Compare close.

IN BRIEF: n. - The act of placing something inside something else; Something (usually a supporting document) that is included in an envelope with a cover letter.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter
  Synonym: enclosure

Meaning #2: the act of enclosing something inside something else
  Synonyms: enclosure, enclosing, envelopment

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