clos
1 Americannoun
plural
closabbreviation
Etymology
Origin of clos
Literally, “closed”
Example Sentences
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They built a stone wall around it, creating a clos, or enclosed vineyard, using rock from a nearby quarry.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2022
But as this growing army of lawyers went about defending movement activists, they saw the workings of vagrancy laws up clos, and even in some instances experienced their power firsthand.
From Slate • Mar. 2, 2016
Archives and Bruno Boudjelal's Algérie, clos comme on ferme un livre?
From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2012
By a unanimous vote, the Bundesrat, the upper house of the West German Parliament, last week passed a law clos ing the legal loophole through which as-yet-undetected German war criminals would have escaped punishment.
From Time Magazine Archive
More then me lyste my drede aros, I stod full stylle and dorste not calle; Wyth yghen open and mouth ful clos, I stod as hende as hawk in halle.
From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by Long, William Joseph
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