cornice

cor·nice  (kôrns)

n.

1.

a. A horizontal molded projection that crowns or completes a building or wall.

b. The uppermost part of an entablature.

2. The molding at the top of the walls of a room, between the walls and ceiling.

3. An ornamental horizontal molding or frame used to conceal rods, picture hooks, or other devices.

tr.v. cor·niced, cor·nic·ing, cor·nic·es

To supply, decorate, or finish with or as if with a cornice.

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[Obsolete French, from Italian, possibly from Latin cornx, cornc-, crow, from its resemblance to a crow's beak (influenced by Greek kornis, curved line, flourish).]

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cornice [korn-iss]

Noun

1. a decorative moulding round the top of a wall or building

2. Archit the projecting mouldings at the top of a column [Old French]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cornice - a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing pelmet, valance, valance board framework - a structure supporting or containing something
	2.	cornice - a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall moulding, molding - a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing
	3.	cornice - the topmost projecting part of an entablature entablature - (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof projection - any structure that branches out from a central support
Verb	1.	cornice - furnish with a cornice architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

Translations

cornice [ˈkɔːnɪs] n → cornisa

cornice [ˈkɔːnɪs] n → corniche f

cornice [ˈkɔːnɪs] n → (Ge)sims nt

cornice [ˈkɔːnɪs] n → cornicione m; cornice f