n. 1 covered walk round a quadrangle, esp. in a college or ecclesiastical building. 2 monastic life or seclusion. v. seclude. r cloistered adj. cloistral adj. [Latin claustrum: related to cuosz2]
n. 1 covered walk round a quadrangle, esp. in a college or ecclesiastical building. 2 monastic life or seclusion. v. seclude. r cloistered adj. cloistral adj. [Latin claustrum: related to cuosz2]