encastre

adjective

en·​cas·​tre

äⁿkȧstrā

: built in at the supports

an encastre beam

Word History

Etymology

French encastré, past participle of encastrer to embed, fit into a recess, from Italian incastrare, from Late Latin, from Latin in + castrare to trim, cut off, castrate

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