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Main Entry:	cornice
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	See crown molding

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cor·nice

Audio Help [kawr-nis] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -niced, -nic·ing.

–noun

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 korné crow, crown

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cor·nice Audio Help (kôr'nĭs) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A horizontal molded projection that crowns or completes a building or wall.
2. The uppermost part of an entablature.
The molding at the top of the walls of a room, between the walls and ceiling.
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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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
noun
1.	a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
2.	a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall
3.	the topmost projecting part of an entablature
verb
1.	furnish with a cornice

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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