korupen.
/ˈkɔːrəpeɪ/, /ˈkəʊrəpeɪ/, U.S. /ˈkɔrəˌpeɪ/, /ˈkɑrəˌpeɪ/, /ˈkoʊrəˌpeɪ/, New Zealand English /ˈkoːrupe/, /ˈkoːrəpe/ New Zealand.
The outer facing of the lintel of a door, often richly carved.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door lintel > ornamental
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korupe1897
1844 W. Williams Dict. N.Z. Lang. 36/2 Karupe,..lintel of a door.]
1897 A. Hamilton Maori Art (1901) ii. 84 The front of the doorway was finished off by a carved slab, the korupe, or korurupe, which rested on the carved edges of the whakawai. The korupe was not put in its place until the spaces in the walls had been filled in with raupo.
1927 T. E. Donne Maori, Past & Present xix. 160 The paré or korupe, which was placed over the outside of the doorway to a house.
1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) ii. ii. 128 A carved lintel (korupe, pare) was rested on the upper ends of the forward flanges of the jambs and so completed a doorway that was unique in Polynesian art.
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