Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cornice"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cornice \Cor"nice\ (k?r"n?s), n. [F. corniche, It. cornice, LL.
coronix, cornix, fr. L. coronis a curved line, a flourish
with the pen at the end of a book or chapter, Gr. ???; akin
to L. corona crown. sEE {Crown}, and cf. {Coronis}.] (Arch.)
Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection
which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as,
the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house.
--Gwilt.

{Cornice ring}, the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle
ring.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

cornice
n 1: a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the
top of a window casing [syn: {valance}, {valance board},
{pelmet}]
2: a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a
wall
3: the topmost projecting part of an entablature
v : furnish with a cornice, as in architecture


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