headmold

headmold

English

Etymology

head +‎ mold

Noun

headmold (plural headmolds)

1. (architecture) A hoodmold.
   • 1993, Retta Lou Weber, Gayle Weber Strange, Lively stones: a history of the people who built First Presbyterian Church, Galveston, Texas, 1840-1990"

     Arches above the windows outlined with double courses of raised scrollwork headmolds, edged in gold. Walls plastered smoothly and painted a light shade of buff. Intricately stenciled frescoes in muted shades of brown and rust to encircle the ...