Dictionary.com

Popular Searches

 Thesaurus.com

hood molding

American  
Or hood mold

noun

  1. a molding or dripstone over a door or window.

Etymology

Origin of hood molding

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Hood Molding.—A projecting molding over the head of an arch, as at A, forming the outer-most member of the archivolt.

From Project Gutenberg

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.