[ 'kɔ:nɪs ]
■ 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
~d adjective
cornicing noun
Origin
C16: from Fr. corniche , from Ital. ~ , perh. from L. cornix 'crow' (cf. corbel ), but influenced by Gk korōnis 'coping stone'.