Arch. Also bucranium. [F. bucrane, and L. bucranium, ad. Gr. βουκράνιον, f. βοῦς ox + κρανίον skull.] A sculptured ornament representing an ox-skull.
1854. Fairholt, Dict. Terms in Art, Bucrania.
1878. R. L. Playfair, Algeria (ed. 2), 232/2. Over the columns and pilasters [of the Temple] are panels ornamented by bucranes or ox skulls.
