cornice

Example Sentences

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It eliminates a setback from the podium and compresses the podium itself, aligning its cornice a little more with the buildings on Water Street.

From New York Times

While snowshoers generally stay off the steep pitches that skiers seek out, that does not make them immune from avalanche risk or other hazards, like tree wells and snow cornices.

From Seattle Times

Avalanches can be triggered by the natural collapse of overhanging ledges of snow called cornices or accidentally by skiers, hillwalkers and climbers.

From BBC

She used these to recast the 19th-century cornices and ceiling roses.

From The Guardian

It turned out to be a massive cornice, an enormous blanket of snow folded over the chute.

From New York Times