raking cornice

noun

Architecture.

1. either of two straight, sloping cornices on a pediment following or suggesting the slopes of a roof.

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The raking cornice is like the horizontal cornice except that it has no dentels.

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The pediment is protected above by a "raking" cornice, which has not the same form as the horizontal cornice, the principal difference being that the under surface of the raking cornice is concave and without mutules.

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