cornice
pronunciation
How to pronounce cornice in British English:
UK [ˈkɔ:nɪs]
How to pronounce cornice in American English:
US [ˈkɔrnɪs]
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- Noun:
- a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
- a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall
- the topmost projecting part of an entablature
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- Verb:
- furnish with a cornice
Word Origin
- cornice (n.)
- 1560s, from Middle French corniche (16c.) or directly from Italian cornice "ornamental molding along a wall," perhaps from Latin coronis "curved line, flourish in writing," from Greek koronis "curved object" (see crown). Perhaps influenced by (or even from) Latin cornicem, accusative of cornix "crow" (compare corbel).
Example
- 1. A few feet below cosette 's window , in the ancient and perfectly black cornice of the wall , there was a martin 's nest ; the curve of this nest formed a little projection beyond the cornice , so that from above it was possible to look into this little paradise .
- 2. In greco-roman architecture it is a horizontal band , often decorated with relief sculpture , between the architrave and cornice of a building .
- 3. Project description : the new construction is situated in the economic development zone of yangzhou with an area of 21 thousand square meters , cornice height of 16 meters .
- 4. Some days later they attempted chogolisa , but it was buhls last mountain , near the summit he fell through a cornice to his death .