Definition of Cornice

1. Noun. A decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing.

Exact synonyms: Pelmet, Valance, Valance Board
Generic synonyms: Framework

2. Verb. Furnish with a cornice.
Category relationships: Architecture
Generic synonyms: Furnish, Provide, Render, Supply

3. Noun. A molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall.
Generic synonyms: Molding, Moulding

4. Noun. The topmost projecting part of an entablature.
Group relationships: Entablature
Generic synonyms: Projection

Definition of Cornice

1. n. 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.

Definition of Cornice

1. Noun. (architecture) The topmost 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. ¹

2. Noun. A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown moulding. ¹

3. Noun. A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cornice

1. to decorate with a molding [v -NICED, -NICING, -NICES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornice

cornflower aster
cornflower blue
cornflowers
cornfly
cornholed
cornholes
cornholing
cornhusk
cornhusking
cornhuskings
cornhusks
corni
cornic
cornic acid
cornice (current term)
corniced
cornices
corniche
corniches
cornichon
cornichons
cornicing
cornicle
cornicles
cornicular
corniculars
corniculate
corniculate cartilage
corniculate tubercle

Literary usage of Cornice

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"The term is used loosely for any very plain wall cornice. cornice HOOK. A hook for hanging pictures from the cornice or picture moulding of a CORNICIONE. ..."

2. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1873)
"In Plate XVI., opposite, I have thrown together a few of the most characteristic mediaeval examples of the treatment of the simplest cornice profiles: the ..."

3. Papers of the British School at Rome by British School at Rome (1904)
"The cornice recurs, with the same text, in drawing No. ... A cornice no longer extant in the church of SS. Quattro Coronati, and of which no other record ..."

4. Papers of the British School at Rome by British School at Rome (1904)
"The cornice recurs, with the same text, in drawing No. ... A cornice no longer extant in the church of SS. Quattro Coronati, and of which no other record ..."

5. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"cornice.—There are many methods of finishing the gables and eaves of buildings. ... The steel end may have a cornice made by bending the corrugated steel as ..."

6. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1888)
"Since many pieces of the same cornice are found in totally different places, ... The difference between the horizontal cornice of the sides and the sloping ..."

7. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1904)
"Above the upper niches is a cornice of simple profile, but excellent and refined ... 7); the course below the cornice is set out 1 inch from the wall-face ..."

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