[f. the vb.]
1. An act of surrounding; spec. (orig. and chiefly U.S.) the process of hunting certain wild animals by surrounding them and driving them into a place from which they cannot escape.
1837. W. Irving, Capt. Bonneville, xlvi. III. 220. It was at length proclaimed, that all who were able to lift a club … should muster for the ‘surround.’
1851. Mayne Reid, Scalp Hunters, xxxii. 247. The hunters were getting forward with the ‘surround.’
1903. Sir M. G. Gerard, Leaves fr. Diaries, viii. 250. Allowing time for the surround to be accomplished, he then strolled off with the remaining couple of sepoys.
2. A border or edging of a particular material, nearly or quite surrounding the central piece, as of linoleum or felt round a carpet.
1893. Ludgate Monthly Mag., Jan., 328/2. Central bordered carpets are now most in vogue, with a surround of linoleum.
1896. Mrs. J. E. Panton, Suburban Resid., 29. I have covered the gaping stained ‘surround’ with felt.
1912. Sphere, 28 Dec. p. ii. A large cameo brooch set in a surround of finely-chased gold.
