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cornice

N ส่วน บนสุด ของ ผนัง  suan-bon-sud-kong-pa-nang

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CORNICE

Cor "nice (kr "ns ), n. Etym: [F. corniche, It. cornice, LL. coronix,cornix, fr. L. coronis a curved line, a flourish with the pen at the end of a book or chapter, Gr. corona crown. sEE Crown, and cf. Coronis. ] (Arch. )

 

Defn: 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. Cornice ring, the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle ring.

 

CORNICED

CORNICED Cor "niced (kr "nst ), a.

 

Defn: Having a cornice.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cornice

cor nice |ˈkôrnis ˈkɔrnɪs | noun 1 an ornamental molding around the wall of a room just below the ceiling. a horizontal molded projection crowning a building or structure, esp. the uppermost member of the entablature of an order, surmounting the frieze. 2 an overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a mountain precipice. DERIVATIVES cor niced adjective, cor nic ing noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French corniche, from Italian cornice, perhaps from Latin cornix crow (compare with corbel ), but influenced by Greek korōnis copestone.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cornice

cornice |ˈkɔːnɪs | noun 1 an ornamental moulding round the wall of a room just below the ceiling. a horizontal moulded projection crowning a building or structure, especially the uppermost member of the entablature of an order, surmounting the frieze. 2 an overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a mountain precipice. DERIVATIVES corniced adjective, cornicing noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French corniche, from Italian cornice, perhaps from Latin cornix crow (compare with corbel ), but influenced by Greek korōnis coping stone .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cornice

cor nice /kɔ́ː r nəs /名詞 C 軒 [天井 ]に付ける装飾の 蛇腹 (じやばら ); コーニス 〘室内の壁と天井との出会い部分, 建物の軒下 [柱 ]の上部などの装飾 〙.