0 present participle of encase --
1 to cover or surround something or someone completely: --
Silica monoliths, especially, have a tendency to pull away from the sides of their column encasing.
Two story pilasters decorated the front with a cupola on the roof encasing a large brass bell.
However, it was not until 1926, the year this bridge was built, that the department began encasing the steel girder webs in concrete.
In addition, a large amount of concrete encasing the bottom of the roof beams needs to be removed and replaced with traditional wooden footers.
In subsequent centuries, it was enlarged five times by encasing the existing structure in a new shell.
The most distinctive feature of cystoids was the presence of a number of pores in the rigid skeleton encasing the body.
The valves, encasing the thorax, were joined together by a dorsal hinge.
Unlocking a wall safe, he removes a container encasing a handgun.