envelopment
[ en-vel-uhp-muhnt ]
noun
an act of enveloping.
the state of being enveloped.
a wrapping or covering.
Military. an attack on an enemy's flank.
Origin of envelopment
1Other words from envelopment
- pre·en·vel·op·ment, noun
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How to use envelopment in a sentence
Enveloping attacks result in local frontal attacks; advantage of envelopment.
Manual of Military Training | James A. MossThey performed an envelopment of the gentlemen and ladies, including the two young women.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete | George MeredithThe advantage of envelopment lies in the longer concentric line, with its preponderance of rifles and its converging fire.
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 | United States War DepartmentAn envelopment of both flanks should never be attempted without a very decided superiority in numbers.
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 | United States War DepartmentThis met and grew by the help of the cerebral moisture, and became the circular envelopment of the head.
Timaeus | Plato
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