Recent Examples on the WebWhat today is beach-front property was then a verdant, claustral jungle; in photographs the dinosaurs seem to be lurking just outside the frame.—The Economist, 7 Nov. 2019
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Medieval Latin claustralis, from claustrum cloister, from Latin, bar, bolt, confining space, from claudere
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