† enˈcluse, pple. and ppl. a. Obs.
Also incluse.
[a. OF. enclus, ad. L. inclūs-us, pa. pple. of inclūdĕre: see include.]
Enclosed: chiefly said of monks or nuns.
| c 1340 Hampole Prose Tr. (1866) 42 Ȝa and þou sall be safe as ane ankir incluse. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 261 The caules that of seede encluse uppe wynde Wol bygger be. c 1440 Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) i. lx, As done pryncypally ancres encluse and true religyous. |