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cor⋅nice

  [kawr-nis] noun, verb, -niced, -nic⋅ing.
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–noun
1. Architecture.
a. any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
b. the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
2. any of various other ornamental horizontal moldings or bands, as for concealing hooks or rods from which curtains are hung or for supporting picture hooks.
3. a mass of snow, ice, etc., projecting over a mountain ridge.
–verb (used with object)
4. to furnish or finish with a cornice.
Origin:
1555–65; < It: lit., crow (< L cornix); for the meaning, cf. Gk kornē crow, crown
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cor·nice   (kôr'nĭs)   
n.  

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

    2. 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.

[Obsolete French, from Italian, possibly from Latin cornīx, cornīc-, crow, from its resemblance to a crow's beak (influenced by Greek korōnis, curved line, flourish).]
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Main Entry:  cornice
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See crown molding
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Word Origin & History

cornice 
1563, from M.Fr. corniche, It. cornice "ornamental molding along a wall," perhaps from L. coronis "curved line, flourish in writing," from Gk. koronis "curved object."
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cornice

in architecture, the decorated projection at the top of a wall provided to protect the wall face or to ornament and finish the eaves. The term is used as well for any projecting element that crowns an architectural feature, such as a doorway. A cornice is also specifically the top member of the entablature (q.v.) of a Classical order (see order); it is in this case divided into three parts, a bed mold, corona, and cymatium.

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