What is an ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also encarpa.] called?
encarpus — An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also encarpa.]. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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