obvolutio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

obvŏlūtĭo, ōnis, f. [obvolvo],

a wrapping round , enveloping; an envelope (postclass.): aetherea obvolutio, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 11, § 12; Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 11, 79.