Cornice
Cornice (k?r"n?s) , noun
[French corniche, Italian cornice, Late Latin coronix, cornix, from Latin coronis a curved line, a flourish with the pen at the end of a book or chapter, Greek {not transcribed}; akin to Latin corona crown. sEE Crown, and compare Coronis.]
(Architecture) 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
Collocations (1)
Cornice ring , the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle ring.