encasement

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

encasement
    n 1: the act of enclosing something in a case [syn:
         {encasement}, {incasement}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Encasement \En*case"ment\, n. [Cf. {Casement}.]
   1. The act of encasing; also, that which encases.
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   2. (Biol.) An old theory of generation similar to
      embo[^i]tement. See {Ovulist}.
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