Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An inclosure. Capgrave, Chronicle.
- noun The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.
- noun In anatomy, the absence of a perforation where it normally occurs; atresia.
- noun A clasp by which the covers of a book are held together.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of shutting up or confining;
confinement .
Etymologies
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From Latin clausūra. See closure.
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