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Encarpus, en-kar′pus, n. a festoon ornamenting a frieze.

The encarpus is sometimes composed of an imitation of drapery similarly disposed, and sometimes of an assemblage of musical instruments, implements of war or of the chase.

Encarpus, from Palazzo Niccolini, Rome Encar�pus, in architecture, a sculptured ornament in imitation of a garland of fruits, leaves, or flowers, suspended between two points.

They were of red and black granite, and each was surmounted by a foliated encarpus of white marble.