enclosure vs kraal

enclosure

noun
  • The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership. 

  • The area of a convent, monastery, etc where access is restricted to community members. 

  • The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier. 

  • An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers. 

  • The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package. 

  • Something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package. 

  • The act of restricting access to ideas, works of art or technologies using patents or intellectual property laws. 

kraal

noun
  • In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade. 

  • An enclosure for livestock. 

  • In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community. 

verb
  • To enclose (livestock) within a kraal or stockade. 

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