Both Uses of
cornice
in
City of Bones
- From this vantage point she could see the upper floors of the old apartment buildings that lined the avenue, elaborately carved with gargoyles and ornamental cornices.†
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- The four of them had taken shelter under a carved stone cornice.†
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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.