encircling

Adjective
Synonyms: skirting

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. being all around the edges; enclosing“his encircling arms”“the room's skirting board needs painting”Synonyms: skirting
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Encircle \En*cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encircled; p. pr. & vb. n. Encircling.] [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF. encercler.] To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city. [1913 Webster]

Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. --Parnell.

Syn: To encompass; surround; environ; inclose. [1913 Webster]

encircling \encircling\ adj. surrounding. [prenominal]

Syn: circumferential, skirting(prenominal). [WordNet 1.5]

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