ancon

[ ang-kon ]

noun

, plural an·co·nes [ang-, koh, -neez].

1. the elbow.
2. Architecture. a bracket or console, as one supporting part of a cornice.

ancon

/ æŋˈkəʊnəl; æŋˈkəʊnɪəl; ˈæŋkɒn; ˈæŋkəʊn /

noun

1. architect a projecting bracket or console supporting a cornice
2. a former technical name for elbow

Derived Forms

• anconal, adjective

Other Words From

• an·co·nal [ang-, kohn, -l], an·co·ne·al [ang-, koh, -nee-, uh, l], adjective
• ancon·oid adjective
• suban·cone·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ancon¹

1700–10; < Latin < Greek ankṓn elbow

Word History and Origins

Origin of ancon¹

C18: from Greek ankōn a bend

Example Sentences

You see the Ancon combined business with pleasure, and distributed coal in quantities to suit throughout the Alaskan lagoon.

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Let me record an episode that occasioned no little excitement among the passengers and crew of the Ancon.

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When an Ancon ewe is impregnated by a common ram, the progeny resembles wholly either the ewe or the ram.

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We rocked like a cradle—the Ancon rocks like a cradle on the slightest provocation.

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This example is from an ancient work basket obtained at Ancon, Peru, and shown in Fig. 299.

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Related Words

• joint