(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:31:44

Zo*oph"o*rous (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. . See Zoophoric.] Anc. Arch.

The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; -- so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.

 

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