cloistre

Middle English

/ˈklɔi̯stər/

noun
Definitions
  • A monastery or cloister; a place where a monastic lifestyle is practiced.
  • A cloister roofed path, especially at a monastic complex
  • That which is cloistered; a confined location.
  • (figurative) The uterus as a a protective location.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cloistre derived from Latin claustrum (enclosure, bar, place shut in, bolt, a shut in place, closed space, gate, a shut-in place, cloister) root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook).

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Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kleh₂w-

Gloss

hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook

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