pple. and ppl. a. Obs. Also incluse. [a. OF. enclus, ad. L. inclūs-us, pa. pple. of inclūdĕre: see INCLUDE.] Enclosed: chiefly said of monks or nuns.
c. 1340. Hampole, Prose Tr. (1866), 42. Ȝa and þou sall be safe as ane ankir incluse.
c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., IV. 261. The caules that of seede encluse uppe wynde Wol bygger be.
c. 1440. Hylton, Scala Perf. (W. de W., 1494), I. lx. As done pryncypally ancres encluse and true religyous.
