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Definition of Natural enclosure

1. Noun. A naturally enclosed space.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Natural Enclosure

Literary usage of Natural enclosure

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

1. The Philosophy of the Tool by Paul Carus (1893)
"It is a big natural enclosure, from which the deer, if the exit were well guarded, could not escape, and where they found sufficient food, water, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"The males were removed from the net and placed in the natural enclosure behind it; the females were confined in a crate. Twenty-three nests were built by ..."

3. A Mound of Many Cities: Or, Tell El Hesy Excavated by Frederick Jones Bliss (1898)
"This natural enclosure is about a quarter of a mile across. A few feet of soil above the natural clay in the fields to the west of the mound show that these ..."

4. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1878)
"... natural enclosure wi« uo doubt a retreat in times of danger, as the sloping surface rece«liy- frorn it is covered with ruins of former structures, ..."

5. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1899)
"The settlement within this natural enclosure was, no doubt, a retreat in times of danger, as the sloping surface receding from it is covered with ruins of ..."

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