cornice vs frieze

cornice

noun
  • A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy. 

  • A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding. 

  • A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls. 

  • An overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies. 

verb
  • To furnish or decorate with a cornice. 

frieze

noun
  • Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. 

  • A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. 

  • That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture. 

  • A banner with a series of pictures. 

verb
  • To put a frieze on. 

  • To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. 

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