To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls. How many evils have inclosed me round! Milton.
To put within a case, envelope, or the like; to fold (a thing) within another or into the same parcel; as, to inclose a letter or a bank note. The inclosed copies of the treaty. Sir W. Temple.
To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands. Blackstone.
To put into harness; to harness. [Obs.] They went to coach and their horse inclose. Chapman.
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