designslinger - Word of the Week: cornice

 
[cornice, (ca. 1895) Magnolia Street, Chicago /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

cornice (KAWR-nis) n.  any molded projection which crowns or finishes the part of which it is affixed;

 
[cornice (ca. 1900) Bittersweet Place, Chicago /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

the exterior of a structure at the meeting of the roof and wall;

 
[cornice (ca. 1890) Oakdale Avenue, Chicago /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

the crowning member of a wall, or part of a wall, as a coping treated architecturally.

 

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