The Only Use of
cornice
in
The Great Gatsby
- Unlike Gatsby and Tom Buchanan, I had no girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs, and so I drew up the girl beside me, tightening my arms.
p. 80.6cornices = decorative borders along the top of building walls
Definitions:
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(1)
(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 -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, "cornice" may refer to an ice or snow overhang.