encloser

== English == === Alternative forms === incloser (archaic) === Etymology === From enclose +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkləʊzə/ === Noun === encloser (plural enclosers) (now chiefly historical) Someone who appropriates common land. 2001, Braddick & Walters (Eds.), Negotiating Power in Early Modern Society, page 133: In one episode during the long-running dispute over enclosure at Grewelthorpe Moor in Yorkshire, the women of the community followed the encloser on to the moor and, ‘fallinge downe upon their knees, and some of them weepinge for the loss of their Comon, desired…[him] to be good unto them’. More generally, someone or something that encloses something. (programming) An object, procedure, or other portion of code that defines the scope of a variable. ==== Usage notes ==== For more on the spelling of this word, see enclose. === Anagrams === Lecrones, Lorences, ensorcel, re-clones, reclones == Old French == === Etymology === From the conjugated forms of enclore, such as enclosons, enclosez. Compare modern French fuiter for a similar formation. === Verb === encloser to enclose (form, create a boundary) ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. === References === encloser on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (encloser is listed below enclore)