Synonyms:
enveloping(a)
Meaning: surrounding and closing in on or hemming in; "the army's enveloping maneuver"
Usage examples
The enveloping paper was of a greenish hue, and appeared to be mouldy.
The blue cloth frock of semi-military cut--the forage cap--the belt sustaining a bowie-knife, with a brace of revolving pistols--all have been mentioned before as enveloping and equipping the person of Captain Cassius Calhoun.