[f. EN-1 + CINCTURE sb.] trans. To surround with, or as with, a belt or girdle; to girdle.
1821. Shelley, Prometh. Unb., II. iii. [The lake] Encinctured by the dark and blooming forests.
1839. Fraser’s Mag., XX. 44. Clusters of fire-flies … encinctured the green foliage.
