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cornice
[ kawr-nis ]
noun
- Architecture.
- any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
- 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.
- 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.
- a mass of snow, ice, etc., projecting over a mountain ridge.
verb (used with object)
, cor·niced, cor·nic·ing.
- to furnish or finish with a cornice.
cornice
/ ˈkɔːnɪs /
noun
- architect
- the top projecting mouldings of an entablature
- a continuous horizontal projecting course or moulding at the top of a wall, building, etc
- an overhanging ledge of snow formed by the wind on the edge of a mountain ridge, cliff, or corrie
verb
- tr architect to furnish or decorate with or as if with a cornice
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cornice1
C16: 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
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Example Sentences
The faint candle-light glimmered on a ponderous gilded cornice, which had also sustained violence.
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It consists of two stories rising to a cornice topped by a steep, many-dormered roof.
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A richly corbelled cornice crowns the structure, above which a spire was projected by Giotto, but never carried out.
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The horizontal lines of the architrave and cornice predominate over the vertical lines of the columns.
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A little later the walls began to be covered with panels of thin slabs of marble with a baseboard and cornice.
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