pre-enclosure
adjective
Existing or occurring before the enclosure of common lands in Britain.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal of Economics.
- first-line
- firstling
- firstlins
- First Lord
- First Lord of the Admiralty
- First Lord of the Treasury
- first love
- first luff
- firstly
- first magistrate
- first man
- first mate
- first matter
- first minister
- firstmost
- first motion
- first-moving
- first name
- first-naming
- First Nation
- firstness
- first night
- first-nighter
- first novel
- first of all