<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>something that encloses, as a fence or wall.</li><li>something that is enclosed in or along with something else, as a photograph sent in a letter.</li><li>an area, such as a plot of ground or an indoor surface, surrounded by a fence, rope, or other barrier.</li><li>the separation and appropriation of land by means of a fence.</li><li>an act or instance of enclosing.</li><li>the state of being enclosed.</li><li>Roman Catholic Church: the part of a monastery or convent canonically separated or restricted as the living quarters of the religious, which a person may leave only with special permission or gain entrance to by special dispensation.</li></ul>