hood-mouldn.
A moulding over the head of a window, door, etc.; a label or dripstone; cf. hood n.1 5b.
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head moulding1806
label1811
label moulding1811
dripstone1815
head mould1827
label mould1837
weather-moulding1841
hood-mould1849
drip-moulding1851
hood-moulding1867
1849 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. ii. 219/2 Hood-mould, a band or string over the head of a door, window, or other moulding, in an ancient building; so called from its enclosing, as within a hood, the inferior mouldings and the opening itself.
1878 R. B. MacVittie Details Restoration Christ Church Cathedral Dublin 59 A hood-mould over the arch of each bay terminating in masks.
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hood-moulding n.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > drip-moulding
head moulding1806
label1811
label moulding1811
dripstone1815
head mould1827
label mould1837
weather-moulding1841
hood-mould1849
drip-moulding1851
hood-moulding1867
1867 W. Papworth Gwilt's Encycl. Archit. (rev. ed.) iii. iii. 939 In most cases, especially to windows, a string course forms a real drip or weathering..thus becoming what is termed a hood moulding.
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