hood-mould
A moulding over the head of a window, door, etc.; a label or dripstone; cf. hood n.1 5 b. So hood-moulding.
| 1842–76 Gwilt Archit. iii. iii. §8. 939 In most cases, especially to windows, a string course forms a real drip or weathering..thus becoming what is termed a hood moulding. 1849–50 Weale Dict. Terms, Hood-mould, a band or string over the head of a door, window, or other moulding, in an ancient building; so called from its enclosing, as within a hood, the inferior mouldings and the opening itself. 1878 M{supc}Vittie Christ Church Cathedral 59 A hood-mould over the arch of each bay terminating in masks. |