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unenclosed

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English enclosed English unenclosed From un- + enclosed.

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

    The body of a flatbed is commonly unenclosed.