Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Zoophorous \Zo*["o]ph"o*rous\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?. See
   {Zo["o]phoric}.] (Anc. Arch.)
   The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; --
   so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.