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korone
Greek · ancient
"a curved or wreathed edge"
anything curved, a wreath, related to a decorative projecting edge
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cornice
Italian · 1500s
"a decorative molding along a wall's top edge"
settled in Italian for the decorative molding along the top of a wall
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cornice
English · 1560s
"a decorative molding crowning a wall or structure"
adopted directly for the projecting decorative molding
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