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 [ˈkɔːnɪs]

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Architect

a.  the top projecting mouldings of an entablature

b.  a continuous horizontal projecting course or moulding at the top of a wall, building, etc.

2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) an overhanging ledge of snow formed by the wind on the edge of a mountain ridge, cliff, or corrie

vb

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) (tr) Architect to furnish or decorate with or as if with a cornice

[from Old French, from Italian, perhaps from Latin cornix crow, but influenced also by Latin corōnis decorative flourish used by scribes, from Greek korōnis, from korōnē curved object, crown]

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 (Archit) → cornisa f

cornice [ˈkɔː^rnɪs] n → corniche f

cornice

n (Archit: of wall, column) → (Ge)sims nt; (fig, of snow) → Wechte f

cornice [ˈkɔːnɪs] n (Archit) → cornicione m; (interior) → cornice f