raking cornice

noun

, Architecture.

1. either of two straight, sloping cornices on a pediment following or suggesting the slopes of a roof.

Example Sentences

The raking cornice is like the horizontal cornice except that it has no dentels.

From Project Gutenberg

The pediment is protected above by a "raking" cornice, which has not the same form as the horizontal cornice, the principal difference being that the under surface of the raking cornice is concave and without mutules.

From Project Gutenberg