Archit. [Gr. ἐκφορά, f. ἐκφέρειν, f. ἐκ out + φέρειν to bear.] (See quot.)
1715. Kersey, Ecphora, a jutting or bearing out in a building.
1736. in Bailey.
1775. in Ash.
1842–76. Gwilt, Archit., Gloss., Ecphora, a word used by Vitruvius to signify the projecture of a member or moulding of a column.
