Cornice
[kawr-nis] /ˈkɔr nɪs/
noun
1.
Architecture.
2.
any of various other ornamental horizontal moldings or bands, as for concealing hooks or rods from which curtains are hung or for supporting picture hooks.
3.
a mass of snow, ice, etc., projecting over a mountain ridge.
verb (used with object), corniced, cornicing.
4.
to furnish or finish with a cornice.
/ˈkɔːnɪs/
noun
1.
(architect)
2.
an overhanging ledge of snow formed by the wind on the edge of a mountain ridge, cliff, or corrie
verb
3.
(transitive) (architect) to furnish or decorate with or as if with a cornice
noun
See crown molding
n.
1560s, from Middle French corniche (16c.) or directly from Italian cornice “ornamental molding along a wall,” perhaps from Latin coronis “curved line, flourish in writing,” from Greek koronis “curved object” (see crown). Perhaps influenced by (or even from) Latin cornicem, accusative of cornix “crow” (cf. corbel).
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