Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Encarpus \En*car"pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? containing fruit; ? in
   + ? fruit; cf. L. encarpa, pl., Gr. ?.] (Arch.)
   An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of
   fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also {encarpa}.]