noun
cornice; crown molding
A decorative horizontal molding that runs along the top of a wall where it meets the ceiling, or sometimes along the edge of a floor. In Japanese architecture, it is a common interior finishing element.
リビングの天井に回り縁を付けると、部屋がぐっと上品に見えます。
Installing crown molding on the living room ceiling makes the room look much more elegant.
この古い家の回り縁は、職
The cornice in this old house was carefully crafted by a skilled artisan.
Variant spelling; less common than 回り縁.
Rare variant using 廻 instead of 回.
Compound of 回り (まわり, 'surrounding') and 縁 (ぶち, 'edge, frame'). The reading ぶち is a rendaku form of ふち. The term literally means 'surrounding edge' and refers to the molding that runs along the perimeter of a room.