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Meanings of cornice in English

Catalan
sanefa
Spanish
cenefa

A decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing.

        sanefa
        Synonyms
        Examples for "valance"
        Examples for "valance"
        1
        It had high posts and curtains and valance of pale-blue flowered chintz.
        A Little Girl in Old Boston
        2
        Mustang GT with a Shelby scoop, flared deck lid, and front valance.
        Love, life and linguine
        3
        Fifteen minutes in the spring valance is worth tons of gold.'
        Don't Cry Tai Lake
        4
        He sat kicking his heels against the valance of the bed, and thinking.
        Despair's Last Journey
        5
        Also she walked around the valance, counting its birds of paradise.
        Georgina of the Rainbows
        1
        The drapes were closed and had a ruffled pelmet made from the same fabric.
        Nothing to lose
        2
        Proper curtains with tiebacks, a pelmet and frilled edges.
        The blood spilt
        3
        Do you know your pelmet from your parquet?
        The Irish Times
        4
        Miu Miu also reinforces the trend for below-the-knee pencil skirts while Isabel Marant offers pelmet skirts -minis layered over leggings.
        The Irish Times
        5
        The scutigera meanwhile, deciding it could not move the moth, lay draped over it like a pelmet, sucking out its vital juices.
        The corfu trilogy
        Usage of cornice in English
        1
        Original features like fireplaces, plasterwork and and cornice work await new owners.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Rodney was standing upon the cornice at the top of the window.
        The Moneychangers
        3
        They rested upon the mosaic figures of two evangelists above the cornice.
        The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni - Volume 2
        4
        The gilt cornice at the top of her bedroom window was hollow.
        The Lost Lady of Lone
        5
        On one side, its cornice had an obvious and ominously large crack.
        The Irish Times
        6
        The modillions of a Corinthian cornice are but elaborated and embellished dentils.
        The Beautiful Necessity / Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architec...
        7
        Crouched on every window ledge and cornice were hundreds of vile creatures.
        The Angel Stone
        8
        By a careful examination, we notice a cornice just above the doorway.
        The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races
        9
        Above these figures ran a cornice, giving unity to the whole work.
        The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
        10
        Imbert's office at a point between the two screeds of the cornice.
        The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
        11
        The precipice was, however, perpendicular, with a huge snow cornice over-hanging it.
        The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition...
        12
        Feather mosses overhang in a protective cornice, shielding the interior from rain.
        The Guardian
        13
        Could Brian have hidden his brandy up yonder, behind the mahogany cornice?
        The Golden Calf
        14
        The stele is always in the form of a door with pyloni-form cornice.
        History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the ...
        15
        On top, the rope sliced deeply into snow the cornice had left behind.
        Rock and Ice Magazine
        16
        The picture molding may be at the bottom of the cornice.
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        cenefa
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