fascia

Meaning

Noun

• A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
• A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone.
• A dashboard.
• A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands that make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.
• A broad well-defined band of color.
• A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.
• A sash worn by certain members of the Catholic and Anglican churches.
• The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.
• The signboard above a shop or other location open to the public.

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin fascia ("a band, bandage, swathe"). Related to fascēs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- ("bundle, band"). fajita, fess, and fascism.