perclose

English

Noun

perclose (plural percloses)

1. Alternative form of parclose (“partition, or enclosed place”)
2. Alternative form of parclose (“type of heraldic emblem”)
3. (obsolete) Conclusion; end.
   • 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):

     it seemeth by the perclose of the same verse, that vagabond is therein understood

References

• “perclose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• opercles