cornice
n
(architecture 建)
1 ornamental moulding, eg in plaster, round the walls of a room, just below the ceiling 檐口(墻頂上帶裝飾的突出體, 如用灰泥制的). =>illus at column 見column之插圖.
2 horizontal strip of carved wood or stone along the top of an outside wall (沿外墻的雕木或石刻的)飛檐.
3 overhanging mass of snow or rock on the side of a mountain 雪檐(凍結在懸崖邊緣的懸垂的冰雪塊; (向外突出的)懸崖.