Noah Webster
Cornice
CORNETTER, CORNETER, CORNICE noun One who blows a cornet.
1. In architecture, the uppermost member of the entablature of a column, or the highest projecture; that which crowns and order.
2. A little projecture in joinery or masonry; as the cornice of a chimney.
Cornice-ring of a cannon, is the ring next from the muzzle-ring backward.