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Moulding
- the profile given to a projection on a building
such as a string course.
There are any
number of profiles most of which are self explanatory. Best known are -
Bird's beak; Bead and reel; Cable, (like a rope); Cavetto, (a moulding with a concave profile describing a quater
of a circle); Chevron; Cyma recta, (convex to concave); Cyma reversa, or ogee, (concave to
convex); Egg and
dart (eggs and arrow heads, representing life and death); Dogtooth; Nailhead (small projections resembling
nail heads); Ovolo (egg-shaped) etc.