Cornice CORNETTER, CORNETER, CORNICE, n. One who blows a cornet.
1. In architecture, the uppermost member of the entablature of a column,
or the highest projecture; that which crowns and order. 2. A little
projecture in joinery or masonry; as the cornice of a chimney.
Cornice-ring of a cannon, is the ring next from the muzzle-ring backward.
cornice
n 1: a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the
top of a window casing [syn: cornice, valance, valance
board}, pelmet]
2: a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a
wall
3: the topmost projecting part of an entablature
v 1: furnish with a cornice
cornice I. nounEtymology: Middle French, from Italian, frame, cornice, from Latin
cornic-, cornix crow; akin to Greek korax raven — more at
ravenDate: 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
cornice n. 1 Archit. a an ornamental moulding round the wall of a room just below the ceiling. b a horizontal moulded projection crowning a building or structure, esp. the uppermost member of
the entablature of an order, surmounting the frieze. 2 Mountaineering an overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a precipice. Derivatives: corniced adj. Etymology: F
corniche etc. f. It. cornice, perh. f. L cornix -icis crow
cornice
ˈkɔ:nɪs n. 1 Archit. a an ornamental moulding round the wall of
a room just below the ceiling. b a horizontal moulded projection crowning
a building or structure, esp. the uppermost member of the entablature of
an order, surmounting the frieze. 2 Mountaineering an overhanging mass of
hardened snow at the edge of a precipice. øøcorniced adj. [F corniche
etc. f. It. cornice, perh. f. L cornix -icis crow]
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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