encolure

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/ɑŋkəˈlʊə(ɹ)/

noun

The neck of a horse.

OriginFrench encolure →
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Meanings

nounencolure (plural encolures)

plural encolures

  1. archaicThe neck of a horse.

    Crisped like a war-steed's encolure

    1855, Robert Browning, The Statue and the Bust

Origin

  1. Frenchencolure
  2. Englishencolure

Borrowed from French encolure.

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Anagrams

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APA

encolure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encolure

MLA

“encolure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encolure. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encolure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encolure.

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