finial
IPA: fˈɪniʌɫ
noun
- (architecture) Especially in Gothic architecture: an ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, a pediment, a pinnacle, etc.
- (by extension) Any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object such as a canopy, a fencepost, a flagpole, or the newel post of a staircase.
- (figurative, also attributive) The completion or end of something.
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Examples of "finial" in Sentences
- A finial is an end of a pole etc.
- Above this is a gable with a finial.
- It is a finial and not a shiva thing.
- At the top of each gable is a finial.
- Search for finial and see what it is.
- On the chancel gable is a finial cross.
- On the gable and on the dormer there are finials.
- At the top of the gable is a bargeboard and a finial.
- On the gables and on the summits of the turrets are finials.
- Finial maker is the term given to the artisan that makes the straw animal.
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