Hypertext Webster Gateway: "encasement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Encasement \En*case"ment\, n. [Cf. {Casement}.]
1. The act of encasing; also, that which encases.
2. (Biol.) An old theory of generation similar to
embo[^i]tement. See {Ovulist}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
encasement
n : the act of enclosing something in a case [syn: {incasement}]
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