cornice : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cornice	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cornice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cornice n a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing Synonym(s): cornice, valance, valance board, pelmet a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall the topmost projecting part of an entablature v furnish with a cornice
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cornice \Cor"nice\ (k?r"n?s), n. [F. corniche, It. cornice, LL. coronix, cornix, fr. L. coronis a curved line, a flourish with the pen at the end of a book or chapter, Gr. [?][?][?]; akin to L. corona crown. sEE {Crown}, and cf. {Coronis}.] (Arch.) 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. --Gwilt. {Cornice ring}, the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle ring.