encircling

adj

1. (not-comparable)enclosing, skirting

   “She felt safe in her mother's encircling arms.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of encircle

noun

1. encirclement

   “If, however, a series of motifs conjoin in their encirclings of a theme - within and beyond the "subtext" - they enliven the interplay among themselves and with the theme to which they are attracted over the turbulent abyss of time and space.”