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clos

1

[ kloh ]

noun

, French.
, plural clos.
  1. a walled vineyard.


clos

2

abbreviation for

, Real Estate.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clos1

Literally, “closed”

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Example Sentences

They built a wall around it and made it their clos (walled-in vineyard), reserving it for their personal consumption.

See two memoirs in this volume by du Clos and le Bœuf, especially the latter, as well as that already mentioned in t. xxiv.

An' pretty soon a bloke called Curly soogested that we go over 'n' steal some more pulky at a Mexy's shanty clos't by.

The occupants of Clos Bourel and Plaisance carefully locked their doors of a night now.

Or ere her mouth Was clos'd, to shame her at her side appear'd A dame of semblance holy.

Upon the side, That clos'd our path, a liquid crystal fell From the steep rock, and through the sprays above Stream'd showering.

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