cornice
noun /ˈkɔːnɪs/
/ˈkɔːrnɪs/
(architecture- a border around the top of the walls in a room or on the outside walls of a building
Topics Houses and homesc2檐口;楣;檐板;飞檐 词源mid 16th cent.: from French corniche, from Italian cornice, perhaps from Latin cornix ‘crow’ (compare with corbel), but influenced by Greek korōnis ‘coping stone’.