To cover by wrapping of folding; to inwrap; to invest with a covering. Animal bodies are usually enveloped with skin; the merchant envelops goods with canvas; a letter is enveloped with paper.

To surround entirely; to cover on all sides; to hide. A ship was enveloped in fog; the troops were enveloped in dust.

To line; to cover on the inside. His iron coat--enveloped with gold.

A wrapper; an inclosing cover; an integument; as the envelop of a letter, or of the heart.

In fortification, a work of earth, in form of a parapet or of a small rampart with a parapet.