2 definitions found
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 1.6 [wn]:
cornice
n 1: a decorative heading 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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