Côr'nĭçe, n.

n. [It. cornice, Sp. cornisa, Fr. corniche, Walloon coroniss, L. Lat. coronix, cornix, from Lat. coronis, Gr. κορωνίς, a curved line, flourish with the pen at the end of a book or chapter; Ger. karniess.] (Arch.) Any molded projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, of a pedestal, of a door, window, or house. Gwilt.

Cornice-ring, the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle-ring.