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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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