0 a decorative border found where the ceiling meets the walls in some rooms and also along the top of some walls and buildings
1 a decorative border of wood or stone at the edge of the ceiling of a room or under the roof of a building
In shape it is hexagonal, with shafts at the angles rising into an enriched cornice.
Over each arch attached to the cornice, surrounding the building, there were three grotesque heads.
The afternoon was dark and electric lights burned along the cornice of the room engaged for the shareholders' meeting.
The horizontal lines of the architrave and cornice predominate over the vertical lines of the columns.
The walls were ornamented with the choicest specimens of French paper, enriched with a gilded cornice of elegant design.
Unlike the earlier designs, this building does not have any decoration, although the cornice-like horizontal line below the top storey still remains.
Statues, cornices, and balustrades are made of cement, although not always in good taste, and the use of cement is increasing wonderfully fast.
The upper part of the ice cliff was consistently corniced, and at only a few spots was the cornice missing.
