hoodmould

plural hoodmoulds · alternative hood-mould · alternative hoodmold

1. architectureThe 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.

   At the east end of the aisle is a recess with a segmented arch decorated with chevron and enclosed with a hoodmould.

   1998, David Rollason, Margaret Harvey, Michael Prestwich, Anglo-Norman Durham 1093–1193, →ISBN, page 216

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   It is of four lights, with the superior mouldings continuing through the central mullion, and it has a drop arch over it with moulded hood and jambs; two corbel heads remain under the hoodmould but much mutilated.

   1846, John Henry Parker, A Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford, pages 306–307

   It was decided to restore the full architectural form of the hoodmould so that it might once again perform its intended function.

   2013, Michael Forsyth, editor, Materials and Skills for Historic Building Conservation, →ISBN