Definition of Enclosers

1. encloser [n] - See also: encloser

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enclosers

enclines
enclises
enclisis
enclitic
enclitically
enclitics
encloister
encloistered
encloistering
encloisters
enclosable
enclose
enclosed
enclosed space
encloser
enclosers (current term)
encloses
enclosing
enclosure
enclosures
enclothe
enclothed
enclothes
encloud
enclouded
enclouding
enclouds
enclude
encluded
encludes

Literary usage of Enclosers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commons and Common Fields: Or, The History and Policy of the Laws Relating by Thomas Edward Scrutton (1887)
"... resulted in the defeat of would-be enclosers of Banstead Downs, and the success of enclosers of Wellington Corner, both open spaces near the metropolis. ..."

2. Land Reform: Occuping Ownership, Peasant Proprietary and Rural Education by Jesse Collings (1908)
"These graziers," he said, " enclosers and rent-rearers are ... enclosers many meetins and sessions but in the end of the matter there cometh nothing forth. ..."

3. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Henry Soames (1827)
"The new Liturgy completed 1 "If the King's honour, as some men say, standeth in the great multitude of people ; then these graziers, enclosers, ..."

4. Ecclesiastical Memorials; Relating Chiefly to Religion, and the Reformation by John Strype (1822)
"Their ways These enclosers used all the means they could to stop to evade it. and hinder tlie coming forth of this commission. But when they could not do ..."

5. Who Killed Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey? by Alfred Marks (1905)
"Here again were Italian arquebusiers, commanded by Malatesta. The enclosers were everywhere victorious. Property and religion were secure. ..."

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