Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A molding that projects from the surface of a panel.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In joinery, a kind of molding which projects beyond the surface of the work which it decorates.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Arch.) A projecting molding round a panel. Same as bilection.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun architecture A moulding that covers a joint, especially between joints between surfaces on different levels

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Origin unknown.]

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