inclosable

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

inclose +‎ -able

Adjective[edit]

inclosable (comparative more inclosable, superlative most inclosable)

  1. Alternative form of enclosable
    • 1855, Edmund Hatch Bennett, Chauncey Smith, English Reports in Law and Equity:
      First, with reference to the power of exchange given by the 147th section being confined to inclosable lands described in the earlier parts of the Act as lands not subject to be inclosed under the Act.
    • 1916, United States. Patent Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 29:
      A sample-case including an outer case, a series of trays inclosable therein, alternate trays being normally reversed, each with respect to the adjacent trays, means for extending the series to reveal the contents of the trays, and means for placing the trays in like positions, each with respect to the others.
    • 2013, Sidney Laman Blanchard, Riddles of Love, →ISBN, page 214:
      The Maidan is the Hyde Park of the City of Palaces, and the mansions along the Chowringhee Road form a Park Lane on a large scale—a Park Lane with great white houses having great green verandahs, not only below but on the upper floors, and inclosable at pleasure for the sake of shade.