Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a cornice.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having a cornice.

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  • adjective With a cornice.

Etymologies

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cornice +‎ -ed

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Examples

  • On the Ohio River there is a group of these shaped like segments of a truncated cone, and "corniced" with another piece reversed, like this:

    Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863

  • Waking up the next morning, looking up at the grandiose corniced ceilings, marble mantlepiece and antique dressing table, I felt like a slightly less evil Marie Antoinette.

    Louise Roe: Playing Princess In Paris: My 24 Hours At The Plaza Athenee Louise Roe 2012

  • Now bathed in full light of day there was no escaping the gut-tightening exposure as we descended past broken rock and corniced overhangs.

    Count Your Blessings Jack Canfield 2009

  • Now bathed in full light of day there was no escaping the gut-tightening exposure as we descended past broken rock and corniced overhangs.

    Count Your Blessings Jack Canfield 2009

  • Now bathed in full light of day there was no escaping the gut-tightening exposure as we descended past broken rock and corniced overhangs.

    Count Your Blessings Jack Canfield 2009

  • Now bathed in full light of day there was no escaping the gut-tightening exposure as we descended past broken rock and corniced overhangs.

    Count Your Blessings Jack Canfield 2009

  • Now bathed in full light of day there was no escaping the gut-tightening exposure as we descended past broken rock and corniced overhangs.

    Count Your Blessings Jack Canfield 2009

  • Now bathed in full light of day there was no escaping the gut-tightening exposure as we descended past broken rock and corniced overhangs.

    Count Your Blessings Jack Canfield 2009

  • Now bathed in full light of day there was no escaping the gut-tightening exposure as we descended past broken rock and corniced overhangs.

    Count Your Blessings Jack Canfield 2009

  • Now bathed in full light of day there was no escaping the gut-tightening exposure as we descended past broken rock and corniced overhangs.

    Count Your Blessings Jack Canfield 2009

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