v. Obs. [a. OF. encloye-r, encloër (mod. enclouer), to drive in a nail. Cf. prec. and ACCLOY.] trans. To lame or maim by driving in a nail. Also fig.
1393. Gower, Conf., II. 47. And halted, as he were encloied.
c. 1430. Lydg., Bochas (1558), VIII. xxi. 18. False ambicion and froward duplicite Hath many a realme & many a land encloied.
