Cornice



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.檐口装饰线
• ［英］ n.檐口装饰线 ( projecting molding on building [usually above columns or pillars]) ;

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle French, from Italian, frame, cornice, from Latin cornic-, cornix crow; akin to Greek korax raven — more at raven
• Date: 1563
• 1.
  • a. the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition — see column illustration
  • b. a top course that crowns a wall
• 2. a decorative band of metal or wood used to conceal curtain fixtures
• 3. an overhanging mass of windblown snow or ice usually on a ridge

II. transitive verb (corniced; cornicing)

• Date: 1744
• to furnish or crown with a cornice

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