Cornice

n. edge, rim, molding

v. decorate with cornice

The term cornice comes from Italian cornice, meaning “ledge.” In French: “corniche” and German: “Gesims.”Cornice molding is generally any horizontal decorative molding which crowns any building or furniture element: the cornice over a door or window, for instance, or the cornice around the edge of a pedestal. A simple cornice may be formed just with a crown molding.The function of the projecting cornice is to throw rainwater free of the building’s walls. In residential building practice, this function is handled by projecting gable ends, roof eaves, and gutters. The elimination of the cornice has been important enough in modernist architecture, often simply for demands of style, that elaborate internal drainage systems are provided.
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Noun
1. a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
(synonym) valance, valance board, pelmet
(hypernym) framework, frame, framing
2. a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall
(hypernym) molding, moulding
3. the topmost projecting part of an entablature
(hypernym) projection
(part-holonym) entablature
Verb
1. furnish with a cornice
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(classification) architecture

n. picture frame, frame; (Architecture) molding, ledge; (Computers) cornice, screen

(n.)
Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house.