lamb's tongue

noun

, Architecture.

1. a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lamb's tongue¹

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

Resting on a stack of marble was a pineapple-size section of lamb’s tongue stone destined to go above a Corinthian column high on the building’s south face.

From Washington Post

More intricate work is done back at the Worcester Eisenbrandt yard in Maryland, where a sculptor named Pavel Kudelich crafts egg-and-dart molding and a pattern called lamb’s tongue.

From Washington Post

In this classically simple Greenwich Village townhouse, an energetic and pleasure-seeking chef named Mario Batali wanted New Yorkers to try something new: a salad of truffled lamb’s tongue; melting pink windowpanes of head cheese; triangles of beef-cheek-filled pasta in a sauce thickened by crushed squab livers.

From New York Times

A salad of lamb’s tongue and browned beech mushrooms topped with a soft-cooked egg was nice.

From New York Times

The standout scene, where a woman’s tongue is pulled out, is far from today’s forensic realism, as it’s clearly an oversized lamb’s tongue dripping in cranberry sauce, and the actress chosen because she was the only person who could fit all that into her mouth.

From The Guardian