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cor⋅nice
[kawr-nis] 
nɪs
noun, verb, -niced, -nic⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | Architecture.
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| 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. |
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| cor·nice (kôr'nĭs) n.
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 |
Language Translation for : cornice
Spanish:
marco,
German:
der Rahmen,
Japanese:
わく
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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