A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1494, 1587
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Clausure, -oure, n. [ME. clausure (15th c.), L. clausūra.] That which encloses; an enclosure.1494 Peebles B. Rec. 195.
Durris, wyndos, plancearis, loftis, clausuris, … pertening to the said stipil 1587 Acts III. 433/1.
The biggingis and ȝairdis … as thai ly and ar situat within the precinctis and clausuris of thair places 1587 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II. 430.
The houssis, … yairdis, [etc.] … within the clausoure and precinct of the place
