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▪ I. enˈgirdling, vbl. n.
[f. prec. + -ing1.]
The action of prec. vb.; concr. that which engirdles.
1598Florio, Cingolo, a girdle or a garter, an engirdling.
▪ II. engirdling, ppl. a.|ɛnˈgɜːdlɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That engirdles, surrounds, encloses.
1855Maury Phys. Geog. Sea xi. §512 Vapour rising up from the engirdling ocean. 1859De Quincey Ceylon Wks. XII. 14 The people of the engirdling zone are called the Cinghalese. 1883Knowledge 15 June 357/1 The protecting embrace of his [Saturn's] engirdling rings. |