Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-CLO'SURE, n.

1. The act of inclosing.
2. The separation of land from common ground into distinct possessions by a fence.
3. The appropriation of things common. Taylor.
4. State of being inclosed, shut up or encompassed. Ray.
5. A space inclosed or fenced; a space comprehended within certain limits.
6. Ground inclosed or separated from common land.
7. That which is inclosed or contained in an envelop, as a paper. Washington.