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The cornices
noun
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.
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Pigeons were nesting in the cornices.
I was struck by the whiteness of the cornices.
The team had new sheet metal fabricated for the cornices.
A plastic Virgin Mary gazed down from the cornices.
The exterior woodwork, all the cornices and the bracketing, are all here, all beautifully detailed.
All the cornices and detailing were carved out of solid blocks of stone.
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Mr. Crouch engaged the cornice.
The stringcourse, and then the cornice.
The man had been waiting under the cornice.
"The cornice poses an immediate danger," Mr. Haeckel said.
"All of a sudden, the cornice is gone".
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