cornice

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.

Etymology

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

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

gzyms

cornicione

cornice

Sims

cornija

cornisa

Gesims

kroonlijst

korniş

lijst

Laibung

umlaufende Veranda

sanefa