zophorus

American  

[zoh-fer-uhs] / ˈzoʊ fər əs /

noun

plural

zophori

1. a frieze having representations of people or animals.

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Etymology

Origin of zophorus

1555–65; < Latin zōphorus < Greek zōiophóros. See zoo-, -phore

Example Sentences

Thus freese, or freeze, from frigesco; but freeze, an architectonick word, from zophorus; but freeze, for cloth, from Frisia, or perhaps from frigesco, as being more fit than any other for keeping out the cold.

From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Johnson, Samuel