Unenclosed

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not enclosed.

    "Behind him the hills are open, the sun blazes down upon fields so large as to give an unenclosed character to the landscape, the lanes are white, the hedges low and plashed, the atmosphere colourless."

  2. 2
    Relating to the exposure of elements that are typically unexposed.

    "The body of a flatbed is commonly unenclosed."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not closed in or surrounded or included wordnet

Example

More examples

"Behind him the hills are open, the sun blazes down upon fields so large as to give an unenclosed character to the landscape, the lanes are white, the hedges low and plashed, the atmosphere colourless."

Etymology

From un- + enclosed.

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