Both Uses of
cornice
in
Atlas Shrugged
- The houses stood like men in unpressed suits, who had lost the desire to stand straight: the cornices were like sagging shoulders, the crooked porch steps like torn hem lines, the broken windows like patches, mended with clapboard.†
Chpt 1.9 *
- On the steps of the pedestal, under the statue of the austere, exultant figure, a ragged bum sat slumped in passive resignation, like a wing-plucked bird with no place to go, resting on any chance cornice.†
Chpt 3.5
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.