bullnose

[boo l-nohz]

noun

Also bull's nose. Architecture.
1. a rounded or obtuse exterior angle, as the corner made by two walls.
2. a structural member, as a brick, used in forming such an angle.
Also called bullnose step. a step having semicircular or quadrantal ends.

Origin of bullnose

First recorded in 1835–45; bull¹ + nose

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