, in Architecture, are certain projections beyond the naked of a wall, column, wainscot &c, the assemblage of which forms cornices, door-cases, and other decorations of architecture.
Mouldings, are annexed to great guns by way of ornament, and perhaps in some parts for strength; and probably are derived from the hoops or rings which bound the long iron bars together, anciently used in making cannon.
MOYNEAU. See Moineau.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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