encincture

 [en-singk-cher]  

en·cinc·ture

   [en-singk-cher]
verb (used with object) en·cinc·tured, en·cinc·tur·ing,
to gird or encompass with or as with a belt or girdle: A ring of hills encinctures the town.
Origin:
1805–15; en-1 + cincture
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