In stonework: a plain convex moulding; (also occasionally) a shaft forming part of a clustered pillar. Cf. torus, n. 1.

Chiefly Architecture. Moulding used as a crowning decoration. Also: the uppermost horizontal member of a building or other structure. Obsolete.

A sculpture, moulding, etc., in bas-relief.

Architecture. A moulding of the astragal species.

A small band, streak, or fillet; in Architecture a small flat moulding encompassing a column.

= bed-moulding n. at bed, n. compounds 2.

(a) The plinth or socle of a podium. (b) A platband or fillet, esp. one above or below the scotia in an Ionic base.

A border or moulding immediately above the base or lower panelling of a wainscoted room; also, = chair-rail n. at chair, n.1 compounds 2.

Architecture. A flat, unmoulded fascia or string course, forming a horizontal band along a wall, a border around a window, etc.

‘the mouldings under a projection, as the corona of a cornice’ (Gwilt).

Architecture. Any of various mouldings or other structural components more or less resembling an eyebrow (sense 1a), esp. in being long and thin…

In various special or technical senses. Architecture. A square moulding; an abacus. Obsolete.

Architecture. (See quots.)

Architecture. A rib or moulding on a vault. Obsolete. rare.

Architecture and Joinery. A cornice moulding with an S-shaped cross section, with the upper part convex and the lower part concave; a cyma…

a moulding with a quirk or groove.

Architecture. A type of moulding carved with a continuous series of figures representing stars; = star moulding n. at compounds 5. Also: a figure…

A narrow moulding having a semicircular section.

a moulding made in imitation of the pattern of a rope.

Applied spec. to other things of a zigzag shape. Architecture. A chevron-moulding.

an ornamental moulding of a zigzag pattern.

A moulding of a wavy or serpentine form. Also in extended use.

Architecture. An ornamental moulding used in Norman architecture, consisting of short cylindrical pieces placed lengthwise at regular intervals…

Architecture. A zigzag or chevron moulding.

a moulding ornamented with small hemispherical discs.

attributive in various senses, as vignette head, vignette moulding, vignette view, etc.

a cornice moulding the section (section, n. 3d) of which consists of an ovolo at the top under which is an ogee, and which forms a sharp point…

(cf. sense 2).

Architecture. An ornament shaped like a bird's beak used in Norman mouldings.

= 4.

A bead moulding or edge line. spec. in Architecture and Joinery, a bead; also collectively, the beads of a moulding. attributive, as beading plane =…

(see quot.).

= chevron-moulding n.