A projecting wooden moulding used to decorate furniture.
（装饰家具的）木嵌条
Example sentencesExamples
The epitome of the English cabinet maker's art, the solid oak, raised and fielded panel doors are set into a traditional oak frame and cock-bead.
Derivatives
cock-beaded
adjective
He bought the case with four cock-beaded long drawers on base molding with shaped bracket feet.
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The door of the recessed cupboard is often paneled and sometimes flush, with a cock-beaded edge to match the drawer fronts.
It was a Welsh oak dresser with open shelves supported on shaped shoes over a base of five drawers around a cock-beaded arch raised on square chamfered legs.
The amphitheater's upper drawers are shell carved and the cock-beaded lower drawers and all door panels are executed in superior crotch mahogany veneers.
Fluted brackets, cornice, and cock-beaded doors are subtle detailing on this otherwise vernacular expression.
cock-beading
noun
The drawers having ebony cock-beading.
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This small chest's four drawers have fronts with cock-beading, cross banding and figured maple inset panels.
The drawers in the desk section have the remnants of cock-beading - a projecting bead molding that originated in furniture design to protect veneer edges on drawer fronts.
In other situations the cock-beading is added directly to the edges of the drawer front.
His knowledge and enthusiasm shine through, whether describing the repair of cock-beading on drawer fronts, taking the kinks out of a card table, or restoring a table attacked by a tomcat.