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The sloping moldings of a pediment.
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The cornice on the sloping sides of a pediment.
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Much like a cornice, a raking cornice is any projection from the edge of a wall, but a raking cornice is any cornice, which is not perfectly horizontally oriented. (Hartt)
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The cornice along the sloping upper edge of a pediment.
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the form created by the two cornices which slant upward to meet the ridge beam of a building [image
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