arch. [f. as prec. + -MENT.] The action of enfolding; † concr. that which enfolds.
1593. Nashe, Christ’s T. (1613), 45. That in mine amorous enfoldment, (vnawares) I might whyrle her [Ierusalem] to Heauen with me.
1624. Gataker, Transubst., 93–4. O most diuine and holy Mysterie, symbolically discouering those enigmaticall enfoldments.
1825. Scott, Talism., ix. His long slender dark fingers were … almost buried in the large enfoldment of King Richard’s hand.
