encasement noun. [ɪn'keɪsm(ǝ)nt, ɛn-] Also (arch.) incasement [ɪn-]. M18.
[from ENCASE + -MENT.]
1. A thing that encases; a receptacle, a covering. M18.

2. The act of encasing; the state of being encased; spec. in Bee-keeping, the surrounding of a queen by worker bees; the mass of bees so produced. E19.

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