All 3 Uses of

cloister
in
All Quiet on the Western Front

Between the glowing columns of the cloister is the cool darkness that only churches have, and I stand there and wonder whether, when I am twenty, I shall have experienced the bewildering emotions of love.
p. 119.7 *

cloister = a covered walkway and the courtyard it surrounds

The parachute-lights soar upwards—and I see a picture, a summer evening, I am in the cathedral cloister and look at the tall rose trees that bloom in the middle of the little cloister garden where the monks lie buried.†
p. 119.4

The parachute-lights soar upwards—and I see a picture, a summer evening, I am in the cathedral cloister and look at the tall rose trees that bloom in the middle of the little cloister garden where the monks lie buried.†
p. 119.4

Definitions:

(1) (cloister in the architectural sense)
a covered walkway with columns along one or more sides of a courtyard -- often found in monasteries, churches, or old colleges
(2) (cloister in the religious sense)
a place, such as a monastery or convent, where people live in religious seclusion; or the act of withdrawing into such a place
(3) (cloister as in: cloister ourselves away)
to keep someone or something away from the outside world -- often for safety, privacy, or focus