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n. (context computing English) (acronym of common Lisp object system English)

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Clos (vineyard)

Clos, from the French for Closure or enclosed, is a walled vineyard used to protect the grapes from theft as well as improving the mesoclimate. Often founded by Cistercian monks. The word is often used in the name of famous wines even when the wall no longer exists.

Clos (surname)

Clos is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Corinne Clos (born 1978), Italian ski mountaineer and long-distance runner
  • Dani Clos (born 1988), Spanish racing driver
  • Dominique Clos (1821–1908), French botanist
  • Paco Clos (born 1960), Spanish footballer

Usage examples of "clos".

Besides the washerwomen in the Clos, she always saw the same poor, ragged little children playing or sleeping in the grass.

Already the shadow of the Cathedral seemed to envelop her, and she was on the point of entering her own garden by the little gate which separated it from the Clos, without having once glanced behind her.

From the bottle of Clos du Mesnil left behind at the Hyatt, to his involvement in the real-estate trust that owned Sparrow Ridge Vineyards, to the fact that two of the murders had been committed with nine-millimeter guns and according to the state, he owned one.

The greatest sin was vulgarity, and Madame du Clos would make aristocrats of us all.

Notre-Dame, lui qui battait tous les ennemis en champ clos, il se laissait battre chez lui par une belle ennemie.

Thinking of his hand as it slid up her body, Kate clos her eyes and again shivered.