encircling

Etymology

adj

1. enclosing, skirting
   She felt safe in her mother's encircling arms.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of encircle

noun

1. encirclement
   If, however, a series of motifs conjoin in their encirclings of a theme - within and beyond the "subtext" - they enliven the interplay among themselves and with the theme to which they are attracted over the turbulent abyss of time and space. 1995, Frank Trommler, Thematics Reconsidered: Essays in Honor of Horst S. Daemmrich