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Enclosure. Was the removal of common rights that people held over farm lands and parish commons. [21] It was the re-allocation of scattered strips of land into large ...
In the United Kingdom, "compound" is not generally used in the sense of an unfortified enclosure, and not for homes. There, as in North American English, if used for a place, it is most likely to be taken to mean a fortified military compound. The unfortified enclosure usage was developed by the British Empire in Asia and Africa.
An enclosure or chapel within which the fereter shrine, or tomb (as in Henry VII's chapel), was placed. [44] Fillet 1. A small band, either raised or sunken and usually square, used to separate mouldings. [45] 2. The raised edge between two flutes on a column or pilaster, if that edge is flat. [46] Finial
A transparent plastic housing around an electronic device. In engineering, a housing or enclosure is a container, a protective exterior (e.g. shell) or an enclosing structural element (e.g. chassis or exoskeleton) designed to enable easier handling, provide attachment points for internal mechanisms (e.g. mounting brackets for electrical components, cables and pipings), maintain cleanliness of ...
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
Henge enclosure (> 300 m (1,000 ft)). [3] A Neolithic ring earthwork with the ditch inside the bank, with the central flat area having abundant evidence of occupation and usually being more than 300 m (980 ft) in diameter.
A Faraday cage or Faraday shield is an enclosure used to block some electromagnetic fields. A Faraday shield may be formed by a continuous covering of conductive material, or in the case of a Faraday cage, by a mesh of such materials. Faraday cages are named after scientist Michael Faraday, who first constructed one in 1836. [1]
A sallyport is a secure, controlled entry way to an enclosure, e.g., a fortification or prison. The entrance is usually protected by some means, such as a fixed wall on the outside, parallel to the door, which must be circumvented to enter and prevents direct enemy fire from a distance.