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noun

moulding

a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing

In a sentence

Six example sentences with moulding, each labelled with its topic.

  • A plaster moulding runs around the ceiling of every room, and the restorers cast replacements from the one surviving section.

    Architecture

  • The set designer glued cheap moulding around the door frames so the apartment would read as prewar on camera.

    Movies

  • Gilders lay thin gold leaf along the moulding of a frame, brushing each edge until the wood disappears.

    Art

  • Georgian builders copied their moulding profiles from pattern books, so a cornice in Bath matches one in Dublin.

    History

  • The palace guide pointed out gilded moulding along every doorway, added when the duke wanted to impress a visiting king.

    Travel

  • Raking light from the window picked out every ridge of the ceiling moulding behind the sitter's head.

    Photography

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