hoodmold

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A form of hoodmould — The outermost moulding which protrudes out of a wall over an archway (over the hood of a door, window or other opening), for decoration or the cover transitions between surfaces, and to discharge rain; a dripstone.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounhoodmold (plural hoodmolds)

plural hoodmolds

  1. USstandardUS standard spelling of hoodmould.

    ... was made to give a Gothic character to it by inserting windows of four lights, pointed, subdivided by a transom, and with a hoodmold over them, into the openings of the original sashes; and by adding a porch on the west side.

    1886, Robert Willis, The Architectural History of the University of Cambridge, and of the Colleges of Cambridge and Eton, page 749

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna protective drip that is made of stone

Broader
dripdrip molddrip mould

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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MLA

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Chicago

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