Definition of "encase" [en•case]

• To enclose in or as if in a case. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "At best, you can "encase" the leaded soil with clean soil, and hope that over time the lead will ... what?"
• "Rust-o-leum and other products are designed to "encase" the rust."
• "“Now, shall I wear the nigh-transparent skirt”—Regin tapped her chin—“or the trews that encase me like a second skin?”"