Obs. [f. as prec. + -MENT; cf. OF. enchacement of same meaning.] That in which anything is enchased; a setting, frame.
1651. trans. De-las-Coveras’ Don Fenise, 27. He … prepared the jewell of his soule for a more pretious inchasement.
1686. trans. Chardin’s Trav. Persia, 99–100. The Mingrelians have a greater Esteem for the Enchasements, then for the Reliques themselves.
1772. J. R. Forster, trans. Kalm’s Trav. N. Amer., II. 222. The enchasement of the doors and windows.
