CORNICE

I. noun see: raven Date: 1563 1. the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition, a top course that crowns a wall, a decorative band of metal or wood used to conceal curtain fixtures, an overhanging mass of windblown snow or ice usually on a ridge, II. transitive verb (~d; cornicing) Date: 1744 to furnish or crown with a ~