bird’s beak

architecture
Also known as: thumb molding

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types of ornamental molding

  • Anthemion molding on the Erechtheum, the Acropolis, Athens, designed by Mnesicles, 5th century bc.
    In molding: Compound or composite

    (3) A bird’s beak, or thumb, molding is essentially similar to the cyma reversa, except that the upper convexity is separated from the lower concavity by a sharp edge. (4) A keel molding is a projection, which resembles the keel of a ship, consisting of a pointed…

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