parclose

parclose
/pahr"klohz'/, n.
(in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
Also, perclose. Cf. rood screen.
[1300-50; ME < MF, n. use of fem. of parclos, ptp. of parclore to enclose fully. See PER-, CLOSE]

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