FASCIA

noun (plural ~e or -cias) Etymology: Italian, from Latin, band, bandage; akin to Middle Irish basc necklace Date: 1563 a flat usually horizontal member of a building having the form of a flat band or broad fillet: as, a flat piece used as a molding, a horizontal piece (as a board) covering the joint between the top of a wall and the projecting eaves, a nameplate over the front of a shop, a sheet of connective tissue covering or binding together body structures (as muscles), the dashboard of an automobile, ~l adjective