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encasement

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of enclosing something in a case [syn: incasement ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of encase or something that encases 2 (context genetics English) The early genetic theory, emboîtement

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Encasement \En*case"ment\, n. [Cf. Casement .] The act of encasing; also, that which encases. (Biol.) An old theory of generation similar to embo[^i]tement. See Ovulist .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Encasement is the coating over, covering or "encasing" of all building components, interior and exterior. This includes all roofing and toxic hazards materials, such as asbestos , lead-based paint , mold / mildew and other harmful substances, found in buildings. ...

Usage examples of encasement.

Willson and Stiles with hemoom prodoh encasement, lifting them and smacking them against the wall, like the others.

I was going to release the hemoom prodoh encasement around their heads.

Still clad in the blue dress with ermine trim, she looked asleep inside an encasement of glass.

At her cry it was as if the statues came to life, or shed live men from their dead encasements, and I saw too late the unnatural nature of her monologue: Danaus, armed and shielded, stepped from behind Phineus.

Fragments of encasements, the largest barely as broad as her palm, that were said to have contained an entire library.

The light hearted fellow gloried in these shining encasements of his well shaped legs, and told Philip that they were a perfect protection against prairie rattle-snakes, which never strike above the knee.

Irresistibly I took a deep hoarse heavy breath, moving this monstrous encasement of flesh as I did so, and then I slapped my hand to my chest, appalled at its thickness, and heard the heavy wet sloshing of the blood through my heart.