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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cornice \Cor"nice\ (k?r"n?s), noun [F. corniche, It. cornice, LL. coronix, cornix, fr. L. coronis a curved line, a flourish with the pen at the end of a book or chapter, Gr. ???; akin to L. corona crown. sEE {Crown}, and cf. {Coronis}.] (Arch.) Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house. --Gwilt.
{Cornice ring}, the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle ring.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cornice
noun
1: a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing [syn: {valance}, {valance board}, {pelmet}]
2: a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall
3: the topmost projecting part of an entablature
verb: furnish with a cornice
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