IMMURING

Verb

immuring

present participle of immure

Noun

immuring (plural immurings)

The act of walling up.

Source: Wiktionary

IMMURE

Im*mure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immured; p. pr. & vb. n. Immuring.] Etym: [Pref. im- in + mure: cf. F. emmurer.]

1. To wall around; to surround with walls. [Obs.] Sandys.

2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate. Those tender babes Whom envy hath immured within your walls. Shak. This huge convex of fire, Outrageous to devour, immures us round. Milton.

Im*mure", n.

Definition: A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition