fascia

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fascia /ˈfeɪʃɪə, -ʃə/ (also chiefly Brit. facia except in sense 4)

▶noun

• 1 a board covering the ends of rafters or other fittings.

  ■ (in classical architecture) a long flat surface between mouldings on an architrave.

• 2 Brit. a signboard on a shopfront.

• 3 Brit. the dashboard of a motor vehicle.

• 4 /ˈfaʃə/ (pl. fasciae /-ʃɪiː/) Anatomy a thin sheath of fibrous tissue enclosing a muscle or other organ.

• 5 a detachable covering for the front of a mobile phone.

– derivatives
fascial adjective (Anatomy).

– origin C16: from L., ‘band, door frame’, rel. to fasces.