Definition of Encolure

1. Noun. The mane of a horse.

Generic synonyms: Mane
Terms within: Forelock, Foretop
Group relationships: Equus Caballus, Horse

Definition of Encolure

1. n. The neck of horse.

Definition of Encolure

1. Noun. The neck of a horse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Encolure

1. a mane of a horse [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Encolure

encoffined
encoffiner
encoffining
encoffinment
encoffinments
encoffins
encoignure
encolden
encoldened
encoldening
encoldens
encolour
encoloured
encolouring
encolours
encolure (current term)
encolures
encomber
encombered
encombering
encomberment
encombers
encomia
encomiast
encomiastic
encomiasts
encomion
encomium
encomiums

Literary usage of Encolure

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"encolure. This ie a French word, meaning the neck of an animal, applied also to the way in which the neck is set on the shoulders ; a " crisped encolure ..."

2. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"Il en a bien l'encolure, he looks very much like it. ENCOLLER, ra reg. 1ère conj., to wash with gum. ENCOMBRE, sm difficulty ; obstacle. ..."

3. A French-English Military Technical Dictionary by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1899)
"... and the places where, too various bodies must enter the column. encolure, f.. of an anchor, point of junction of shank and arms; (hipp. ..."

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