Wrap–around


(of a garment) made to fold around or across the body so that one side of the garment overlaps the other forming the closure.
extending in a curve from the front around to the sides:
a wraparound windshield.
of, relating to, or arranged under a wraparound mortgage:
wraparound financing.
all-inclusive; comprehensive:
a wraparound insurance plan.
a wraparound object.
outsert.
printing. a thin metal, plastic, or rubber plate made flat and then wrapped around a cylinder for printing on a rotary press.
word wrap.
british, book jacket.
contemporary examples

my mother’s last sari madhulika sikka may 6, 2010

historical examples

the crusade of the excelsior bret harte
the windy hill cornelia meigs
a top-floor idyl george van schaick
adrift in the wilds edward s. ellis
crimes of charity konrad bercovici
bloom of cactus robert ames bennet
the young housekeeper’s friend mrs. (mary hooker) cornelius
touring afoot claude powell fordyce
our little canadian cousin elizabeth roberts macdonald

noun
(computing) another name for word wrapping

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