n. the act of surrounding something with something else, so that it is inside the surrounding object. Syn. -- inclosing, enclosure, envelopment, enveloping, inclosure. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
[たれ, tare] (n) (1) hanging; something hanging (i.e. a flap, lappet, etc.); (2) (uk) (also タレ) sauce for dipping, etc. made from soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and dashi; (3) (in kendo) loin guard; (4) kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; (n-suf) (5) (derog) (also ったれ) -ass (used after a noun or na-adjective indicating someone's nature); -head; (P)