encarpus

• encarpa

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἔγκαρπος (énkarpos, “containing fruit”) (ἐν- (en-) +‎ καρπός (karpós)).

encarpus (plural encarpuses or encarpi)

1. (obsolete, architecture) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.

• “encarpus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• praunces