Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: encased
IPA transcription: [ɛnk'eɪst]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cased, encased, incased
    Meaning: covered or protected with or as if with a case; "knights cased in steel"; "products encased in leatherette"
Usage examples
  • On his fingers, he had six rings of very valuable stones, and his feet were encased in shoes of morocco leather."
  • But my two friends had already encased their craniums in their metal headgear, and they could neither hear nor reply.
  • His legs he encased in pleasant pink and amber garments of an air-tight material, which with the help of an ingenious little pump he distended so as to suggest enormous muscles.