CORNICE

cornice

(noun) the topmost projecting part of an entablature

cornice

(noun) a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall

cornice, valance, valance board, pelmet

(noun) a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing

cornice

(verb) furnish with a cornice

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

cornice (plural cornices)

(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.

Synonym: snow cornice

Verb

cornice (third-person singular simple present cornices, present participle cornicing, simple past and past participle corniced)

(transitive) To furnish or decorate with a cornice.

Anagrams

• Creonic, crocein

Source: Wiktionary

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Cor"nice (kr"ns), n. Etym: [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. corona crown. sEE Crown, and cf. Coronis.] (Arch.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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