cornice

Meaning

Noun

1. A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.
2. A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding.
3. A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy.
4. An overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies.

Verb

To furnish or decorate with a cornice.

Synonyms

valance

pelmet

frame

ledge

valance board

curtain pole

curtain rod

kappa

molding

moulding

snow

❄️

staircase

ceiling molding

ceiling moulding

design of parallel lines

surbase

curtain-rod

cyma reversa

kaph

overhang eaves

balcony

projecting eaves

bellows

chaplet

coping

crest

Translations

corniche

cornisa

cornicione

cornice

Sims

cornija

cornisa

Gesims

kroonlijst

korniş

lijst

Laibung

umlaufende Veranda

sanefa

Etymology

From Middle French corniche or Italian cornice, from Latin cornīx (“crow”).