cornice ring

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cornice ring - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cornice \Cor"nice\ (k?r"n?s), n. [F. corniche, It. cornice, LL.
     coronix, cornix, fr. L. coronis a curved line, a flourish
     with the pen at the end of a book or chapter, Gr. ???; akin
     to L. corona crown. sEE Crown, and cf. Coronis.] (Arch.)
     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.
     --Gwilt.
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     Cornice ring, the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle
        ring.
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