hoodmould
English
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[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhʊdməʊld/
Noun
[edit]hoodmould (plural hoodmoulds)
- (architecture) 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.
- 1846, John Henry Parker, A Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford, pages 306–307:
- 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.
- 1998, David Rollason, Margaret Harvey, Michael Prestwich, Anglo-Norman Durham 1093–1193, →ISBN, page 216:
- At the east end of the aisle is a recess with a segmented arch decorated with chevron and enclosed with a hoodmould.
- 2013, Michael Forsyth, editor, Materials and Skills for Historic Building Conservation, →ISBN:
- It was decided to restore the full architectural form of the hoodmould so that it might once again perform its intended function.