envelopment

en·vel·op  (n-vlp)

tr.v. en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops

1. To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" (Curtis Wilkie).

2. To attack (an enemy's flank).

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[Middle English envolupen, to be involved in, from Old French envoluper, envoloper : en-, in; see en-¹ + voloper, to wrap up.]

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en·velop·er n.

en·velop·ment n.

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An offensive maneuver in which the main attacking force passes around or over the enemy's principal defensive positions to secure objectives to the enemy's rear. See also turning movement.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

envelopment - the act of enclosing something inside something else enclosing, enclosure, inclosure intromission, insertion, introduction - the act of putting one thing into another boxing, packing - the enclosure of something in a package or box encasement, incasement - the act of enclosing something in a case

Translations

envelopment [ɪnˈveləpmənt] N → envolvimiento m

envelopment

n → Einhüllung f