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
Will Hathaway blow his mind, or will he reach the Rus sian border before the Red Guard clos es in?
From Time Magazine Archive
Quand revoirai-je, h�las, de mon petit village Fumer la chemin�e: et en quelle saison Revoirai-je le clos de ma pauvre maison, Qui m'est une province, et beaucoup d'avantage?
From Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance by Belloc, Hilaire
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