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1. Covered or protected with or as if with a case
   "knights cased in steel";
   - encased, incased
    
2. Enclosed in a case

1. Look over, usually with the intention to rob
   "The men cased the housed"
    
2. Enclose in, or as if in, a case
   "my feet were cased in mud";
   - encase, incase

See also: bound, sheathed

Type of: close in, enclose, inclose, inspect, shut in

Encyclopedia: Case, Richard