Enclosure was the legal process in England of enclosing a number of small landholdings to create one larger farm.
Enclosure or enclosed may also refer to:
Land
- Enclosure, an enclosed area of agricultural land; see Field
- Enclosure (archaeology), an area of land separated from surrounding land by earthworks, walls, or fencing
Structures
- Container, device creating a partially or fully enclosed space
- Enclosure castle, a defended residence or stronghold
Animal confinement
- Pen (enclosure), an enclosure for holding animals
- Cage, an enclosure often made of mesh, bars or wires, used to confine, contain or protect something or someone
- Paddock, a small enclosure for horses
- Pasture, land used for grazing
Engineering
- Housing (engineering), enclosures for components, machinery
- Enclosure (electrical), a cabinet for electrical or electronic equipment
- Computer enclosure or computer case
- Loudspeaker enclosure, the box containing a loudspeaker system
- Disk enclosure, a specialized chassis designed to hold and power disk drives
Music
- Enclosure (Merzbow album), 1987
- Enclosure (John Frusciante album), 2014
- "Enclosure", a song from the album Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack
- * Enclosure (jazz), a technique in jazz compositions
Other uses
- RSS enclosure, a pointer to a media file from a web feed
- Enclosure, a document or item accompanying a letter
- The Enclosure, a 1961 novel by Susan Hill
- Enclosure (film), a 1961 film
- Enclosure Historic District, a historic district located in Nutley, Essex County, New Jersey, United States
See also
- Enclosed religious orders, religious orders separated from the external world
- Oppidum, a large fortified Iron Age settlement
- Cloister (from Latin claustrum, "enclosure"), a feature running along the walls of buildings forming a quadrangle
- Close (disambiguation)
- Cover (disambiguation)
- Container (disambiguation)
- Receptacle (disambiguation)
- Wrap (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with enclos
- All pages with titles containing enclos*
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