cornice
IPA: kˈɔrnɪs
noun
- (architecture) A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.
- A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding.
- A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy.
- (geography, mountaineering) An overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies.
verb
- (transitive) To furnish or decorate with a cornice.
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Examples of "cornice" in Sentences
- The cornices has vegetative decoration.
- Around the top of the nave is a cornice.
- A stucco cornice lines the sides of the chapel.
- A dentilled cornice encircles the tops of the walls.
- The roofline's cornice is broken in front by the dormer.
- At the roofline of the main block is a bracketed cornice.
- At the top of the tower is a cornice and a solid parapet.
- The cornice is split into the soffit, the corona, and the cymatium.
- The corona and the cymatium are the principal parts of the cornice.
- The latter added the ornate cornice and whimsical decorative urns on the roof.