encolure

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French encolure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑŋkəˈlʊə(ɹ)/

Noun

encolure (plural encolures)

1. (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

• corneule

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.kɔ.lyʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

encolure f (plural encolures)

1. neck (of a horse)

Further reading

• “encolure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.