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cornice noun & verb. . M16.
[French corniche, -ice, -isse from Italian cornice, perh. from Latin cornix, cornic- crow (cf. etym. of CORBEL) but with blending of a deriv. of Greek koronis coping-stone.]
A. noun.
Architecture. A horizontal, usu. moulded projection crowning the outside of a building or structure; spec. the uppermost part of an entablature, above the frieze. M16.
An ornamental moulding running round the wall of a room near the ceiling; a picture-rail. L17.
An overhanging ledge of ice or snow at the edge of a steep ridge or cliff. L19.
b. verb trans. Provide with a cornice; finish as with a cornice. Chiefly as corniced ppl adjective. M18.
cornicing noun work consisting of a cornice or cornices L17.