headmold

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

head +‎ mold

Noun[edit]

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 ...