Index of English words, starting with "cl"

(1) - Cloisonne (a.) Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champleve enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel.

(1) - Cloister (v. t.) To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.
(2) - Cloister (v. t.) A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.
(3) - Cloister (v. t.) the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.
(4) - Cloister (v. t.) A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;
(5) - Cloister (v. t.) An inclosed place.

(1) - Cloistered (a.) Furnished with cloisters.
(2) - Cloistered (a.) Dwelling in cloisters; solitary.
(3) - Cloistered (imp. & p. p.) of Cloister

(1) - Cloistral (a.) Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse.