encolure
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French encolure.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑŋkəˈlʊə(ɹ)/
Noun
encolure (plural encolures)
- (archaic) The neck of a horse.
- 1855, Robert Browning, The Statue and the Bust:
- Crisped like a war-steed's encolure
References
- “encolure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.kɔ.lyʁ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
encolure f (plural encolures)
- neck (of a horse)
Further reading
- “encolure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.