enclosure act
noun English History.
any of the acts of Parliament passed from 1709 to 1869, requiring that private lands be fenced off from common lands.
Origin of enclosure act
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby enclosure act
enclave,
enclitic,
enclose,
enclosed order,
enclosure,
enclosure act,
enclothe,
encode,
encoding,
encoignure,
encolpion