Both Uses of
cornice
in
Babbitt
- Its shining walls rose against April sky to a simple cornice like a streak of white fire.†
Chpt 1 *
- He walked through the February city, where trucks flung up a spattering of slush and the sky was dark above dark brick cornices.†
Chpt 19
Definition:
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(cornice) a decorative border along the top of a building's exterior wall
or:
a decorative molding between the ceiling and the top of a wall
or:
hardened snow that hangs over a ridge or precipice