vbl. sb. [f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. ENTOMB; the state of being entombed.
1564–78. Bulleyn, Dial. agst. Pest. (1888), 17. The worthy entombing of his bones.
1644. Bp. Hall, Rem. Wks., II. (1660), 130. Lazarus was called (after three dayes entombing) out of his grave.
1668. Wilkins, Real Char., 287. ENTOMBING, Tomb, Sepulchre, Monument, Epitaph.
