1. Of or pertaining to, or having the character of, Encrinites.
1847. Ansted, Anc. World, viii. 177. Living chiefly on the crabs, lobsters, and shell-fish, or on the encrinital animals.
1875. Croll, Climate & T., xviii. 298. Encrinital fragments in the greatest abundance.
2. Containing Encrinites.
1876. Page, Adv. Text-bk. Geol., xiv. 245. The frequent synonym of ‘encrinal’ or ‘encrinital limestone.’
