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.
Installing crown molding on the living room ceiling makes the room look much more elegant.
The cornice in this old house was carefully crafted by a skilled artisan.
Standard kanji spelling for this architectural term.
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.