parcloses

Noun

parclose (plural parcloses)

1. A partition that closes off part of a building; especially one that separates an altar or chapel from the rest of a church.
   • The two eastern bays of this aisle form the Golafre chapel and are inclosed by modern parcloses of oak[…]1906, Peter Hampson Ditchfield, William Page, John Hautenville Cope, The Victoria History of Berkshire
2. (obsolete) An enclosed area, especially one separated from the main body of a building by a screen or partition.
   • Thenne syr Percyual aspyed that therin was a man or a woman / for the vysage was couerd / thenne he left of his lokyng and herd his seruyse / And whan hit came to the sacrynge / he that lay within that Percloos dressid hym vp and vncouerd his heede / and thenne hym besemed a passynge old man / and...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “Tercium”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XIV