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Definition of Enclosures
1. enclosure [n] - See also: enclosure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enclosures
Literary usage of Enclosures
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Farming Past & Present by Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1917)
"The passing of the Middle Ages : enclosures in the sixteenth and eighteenth
centuries compared ; the commercial impulse and its results ; conversion of ..."
2. Indiana Magazine of History by Indiana Historical Society, Indiana State Library (1909)
"THE largest group of mounds and enclosures in the region of the Great Lakes, ...
More than twelve hundred enclosures and ten thousand mounds have been ..."
3. British History in the Nineteenth Century (1782-1901) by George Macaulay Trevelyan (1922)
"APPENDIX enclosures OF LAND (Referring to Chapters I and IX) (a) A fascinating
field of antiquarian research and speculation is opened up by the problem of ..."
4. The Mound Builders: Being an Account of a Remarkable People that Once by John Patterson MacLean (1904)
"These have been called Sacred enclosures. In the careful examination of the ...
On the other hand the Sacred enclosures are situated on the level river ..."
5. The History of North America by Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe (1905)
"enclosures are found not only on level land where any form and size desired might
be adopted, ... As a general rule enclosures are irregular in outline, ..."
6. Guide to the Materials for United States History in Canadian Archives by David W. Parker (1913)
"Among the enclosures are correspondence of Lieut.-Gov. ... (Some of the enclosures
relate to frontier raids, and relations with the US) Same to same. No. ..."
7. The Code of Virginia: With the Declaration of Independence and Constitution by Virginia (1849)
"Of enclosures and certain trespasses. 100. Of estrays, and vessels or boats adrift.
101. For the preservation of certain useful animale. 102. ..."
8. List of Documents in Spanish Archives Relating to the History of the United by James Alexander Robertson (1910)
"105-120 (with enclosures). 4538 Nov. 12. New Orleans. ... 77-88 (with enclosures) ;
MHS, Houck (Span. and Eng.) [Copy in MHS accompanies letter of ..."
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