The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CORNICE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result CORNICE
- Wow: lovely piece of plasterwork
- Firm beginning to repair attractive ornamental moulding
- Wow, delightful ornamental feature
- Blimey! Delightful architectural feature!
- Decorative border: ooh, lovely!
- I’m amazed by delightful ornamental moulding
- Moulding having notch almost in the centre
- My agreeable and decorative part of room
- My sweet is moulding
- Front of cathedral has gold — pleasant architectural feature
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The straight part
We know that "ornamental moulding" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case ornamental moulding = cornice.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CORNICE mean?
CORNICE noun- A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.
- A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding.
- A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy.
- (mountaineering) An overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies.
- To furnish or decorate with a cornice.