zophorushttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zophorus_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezophorus | zoophorus, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zophorus | zoophorusnoun

Classical Architecture.
  1. 1563–
    A continuous frieze bearing human and animal figures carved in relief.
    1. 1563
      Vpon their heddes, he laide Epistilia, and Coronas, setting betwixt them Zophorus.
      J. Shute, First Groundes of Architecture sig. Biii
    2. 1694
      The Architraves, Zoophores and Cornishes.
      P. A. Motteux, translation of F. Rabelais, 5th Book of Works xliii. 199
    3. 1706
      Zophorus or Zoophorus.
      Phillips's New World of Words (new edition)
    4. 1823
      P. Nicholson, New Practical Builder 586.
    5. 1905
      The sculptures on the zophorus of the west front..should be taken down and stored in a museum.
      Times 25 April 5/2

zophorus, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zophorus, n. was last modified in December 2024.