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/ˈhʊdməʊld/ · noun
(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..
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.
At the east end of the aisle is a recess with a segmented arch decorated with chevron and enclosed with a hoodmould.
It was decided to restore the full architectural form of the hoodmould so that it might once again perform its intended function.
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Hood mould means (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..
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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.
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