'encarpa' definitions:

Definition of 'encarpa'

From: GCIDE

Encarpus \En*car"pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? containing fruit; ? in + ? fruit; cf. L. encarpa, pl., Gr. ?.] (Arch.) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also encarpa.] [1913 Webster]