Cloister

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 111

klois'ter, n. A covered arcade a monastic establishment. — [cloistered (-terd), -tering.] To confine in a cloister. [OF. clointre, L. claustrum, claudere, clausum, to shut, shut in, inclose. See Close.] — Clois'tral, Clans''tral, klaws'- tral, a. Pert, to, or confined in, etc. — Clois'terer, n. An inmate of, etc. Cloke. See Cloak.