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cornice ring en · NOUN

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1. A round moulding that encircles the base or top of a structural element, such as the architrave of a pillar, the terminus of a round pipe, the base of a cupola, etc.
   • Simplicity and boldness characterize the lotus motif in the center and the laurel-leaf cornice ring around it ( Figs. 4.83a, b ). 2019, Marylin Martin Rhie, Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, page 712:
   • The pendentives themselves visually support a cornice ring which then forms the base for the cupola. 1993, Susan Elizabeth Klaiber, Guarino Guarini's Theatine Architecture - Volume 1, page 266:
   • These curved elements seem to flare out in response to the visual weight of the great cornice ring capping the pendentive zone. 2003, John Beldon Scott, Architecture for the Shroud: Relic and Ritual in Turin, page 131:
   • The leading features of this stove are an air tight ash pit, vibrating draw center grate, ornamental fire pot ring, double wood door, inside smoke curtain, richly designed top cornice ring, boiler hole in top, handsome swing cover, elaborate foot rail and nickel latches and hinge pins. 1896, The Metal Worker, page 60:
2. (historical) The ring on a cannon next to or behind the muzzle ring.
   • Gorgerin, m . The neck of a gun (which lies between the muzzle-mouldings and the cornice-ring.) 1853, C. Rumpf, O. Mothes, W. Unverzagt, Dictionnaire technologique, page 332:
   • All cannon had a " ram force" ring as a guide to the amount of load that could be used, and naval guns had also a "cornice ring", 1941, Proceedings of the Connecticut Association of Civil Engineers and Surveyors Association at Its 1st Annual Meeting..., page 64:
   • The various cornice rings, trunnions , and ornaments were made movable so as to allow the main pattern to be slid longitudinally out of the mould. 1990, Vannoccio Biringucci, Pirotechnia, page 235:
3. One of several matching rings that encircle a curtain rod and from which the curtain is suspended.
   • The Patentees made no claim to any special form of hook or attachment to the curtain rod, or cornice ring. 1915, Reports of Patent, Design, and Trade Mark Cases, page 553:
   • In this case it would be necessary for the rings to be made to hang in the groove at the top of the pole, which would be easily accomplished by an internal projection inside the upper portion of the cornice ring; indeed, a little friction roller on a pin to keep the coils from springing back . 1883 January 6, The Furniture Gazette - Volume 19, page 7:
   • In making ordinary tube cornice rings, where the tube is made of thin sheet brass, the tube requires to be filled with sand in order to retain its cylindrical form in “winding,” and to prevent the appearance of “puckering." 2013, S. Timmins, Birmingham and Midland Hardware District, page 298:

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