encasement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of enclosing something in a case
    incasement.

WordNet

En*case"ment noun
Etymology
Cf. Casement.
Definitions
  1. The act of encasing; also, that which encases.
  2. (Biol.) An old theory of generation similar to embotement. See Ovulist.

Webster 1913