"encincturement" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From encincture + -ment. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|encincture|ment}} encincture + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} encincturement (uncountable)
  1. The act of encincturing or girding. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-encincturement-en-noun-xbfYFpYD
  2. The state or quality of being encinctured or girded. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-encincturement-en-noun-EP3IOwVD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69
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          "ref": "1814, John Marius Wilson, The Duke of Wellington, page 306",
          "text": "...city itself, though not properly a fortress, was sufficiently strong, in its encincturement of 'wall and towers and river, to be able to make a stubborn resistance."
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          "ref": "1842, Chambers William, The Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland, page 668",
          "text": "...abounds in mild and soft pictures of rural beauty ; it derives picturesqueness from its encincturement with intricate bands of sea, overhung by the lofty and hard..."
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          "ref": "1867, Randall McCollum, The Highlands of Cavan, page 285",
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