Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

229. Circumscription — N. circumscription, limitation, inclosure;

confinement &c (restraint) 751; circumvallation†; encincture; envelope &c 232. container (receptacle) 191. V. circumscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose; surround &c 227; compass about; imprison &c (restrain) 751; hedge in, wall in, rail in; fence round, fence in, hedge round; picket; corral. enfold, bury, encase, incase†, pack up, enshrine, inclasp†; wrap up &c (invest) 225; embay†, embosom†. containment (inclusion) 76. Adj. circumscribed &c v.; begirt†, lapt†; buried in, immersed in; embosomed†, in the bosom of, imbedded, encysted, mewed up; imprisoned &c 751; landlocked, in a ring fence.