cornicing
- present participle of cornice.
Example Sentences
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Running along the edge, where the ceiling meets the walls is block cornicing, which Phramaha Prasert said was so that the temple remained "sympathetic to its Edinburgh location".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2022
Somewhere, someone is running a judgemental finger along your cornicing.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2018
Yanique makes it clear from the beginning that she is not interested in the framing and cornicing of realism.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 11, 2014
Or it could be Victorian - all about cornicing, bay windows and patterned brickwork.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2013
The walls and ceilings were peppermint, and here and there, you’d see a bit of fishing net, or a rotted piece from a boat stuck up high near the cornicing.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
