[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That engirdles, surrounds, encloses.
1855. Maury, Phys. Geog. Sea, xi. § 512. Vapour rising up from the engirdling ocean.
1859. De Quincey, Ceylon, Wks. XII. 14. The people of the engirdling zone are called the Cinghalese.
1883. Knowledge, 15 June, 357/1. The protecting embrace of his [Saturn’s] engirdling rings.
