encarpus
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of encarpus
< Greek énkarpos containing fruit ( see en- 2, -carpous); replacing encarpe < Greek énkarpa, neuter plural of énkarpos
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They were of red and black granite, and each was surmounted by a foliated encarpus of white marble.
From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth
The encarpus is sometimes composed of an imitation of drapery similarly disposed, and sometimes of an assemblage of musical instruments, implements of war or of the chase.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
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