(1):
(n.) That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure.
(2):
(n.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
(3):
(n.) A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, - as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb.
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