| 1. | something that encloses, as a fence or wall. |
| 2. | something that is enclosed, as a paper sent in a letter. |
| 3. | the separation and appropriation of land by means of a fence. |
| 4. | a tract of land surrounded by a fence. |
| 5. | an act or instance of enclosing. |
| 6. | the state of being enclosed. |
| 7. | Roman Catholic Church. the part of a monastery or convent canonically separated or restricted as the living quarters of the religious, from which a person may leave only with special permission or gain entrance to by special dispensation. |