corniced


cor·nice

C0649300 (kôr′nĭs)n.1. a. A horizontal molded projection that crowns or completes a building or wall.b. The uppermost part of an entablature.2. a. A strip of molding that runs along the upper part of a wall just below the ceiling.b. An ornamental horizontal molding or frame used to conceal rods, picture hooks, or other devices.3. An overhanging mass of windblown snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain.tr.v. cor·niced, cor·nic·ing, cor·nic·es To supply, decorate, or finish with or as if with a cornice.
[Obsolete French, from Italian, possibly from Latin cornīx, cornīc-, crow, from its resemblance to a crow's beak (influenced by Greek korōnis, curved line, flourish).]

corniced

(ˈkɔːnɪst) adj1. (Architecture) having or decorated with a cornice2. (Physical Geography) having an overhanging ledge of snow