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finial
fin·i·al F0129800 (fĭn′ē-əl)n.1. Architecture A sculptured ornament, often in the shape of a leaf or flower, at the top of a gable, pinnacle, or similar structure.2. An ornamental terminating part, as on a post or piece of furniture.
[Middle English, last, finial, variant of final; see final.]finial (ˈfaɪnɪəl) n1. (Architecture) an ornament on top of a spire, gable, etc, esp in the form of a foliated fleur-de-lys2. (Furniture) an ornament at the top of a piece of furniture, etc[C14: from finial (adj), variant of final] ˈfinialed adjfin•i•al (ˈfɪn i əl, ˈfaɪ ni-)
n. 1. a relatively small ornamental terminal feature at the top of a gable or spire. 2. a terminating ornament, as on the top of a post or a piece of furniture. 3. a curve terminating the main stroke of the characters in some italic type fonts. [1400–50; < Anglo-French *finial or Anglo-Latin *finiālis, alter. of Latin finālis; see final] finial - The decorative knob on the top of a lamp, holding the shade on.See also related terms for lamp.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | finial - an ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lisdecoration, ornament, ornamentation - something used to beautify |
TranslationsFinial
finial[′fin·ē·əl] (architecture) An ornamental terminating or capping feature on an upper extremity, as over a door or on a pinnacle or gable. FinialA small, sometimes foliated ornament at the top of a spire, pinnacle or gable which acts as a terminal.  Finial (also fleuron), in Gothic architecture, a decorative detail finishing off the tip of towers, decorative gables, end gables, and pinnacles. It is in the form of a stylized flower, with one or two pairs of horizontal cruciform branches arising from a central stalk. This motif is also used in the decorative and applied arts.
Finial an ornamental pointed stone pyramid with which a pinnacle is usually crowned in Gothic architecture. Finials are generally decorated with crockets and topped with a fleuron. finialAn ornament which terminates the point of a spire, pinnacle, etc. Also see acroterion, crop, knob, 2, pineapple, pommel.finial
Words related to finialnoun an ornament at the top of a spire or gableRelated Words- decoration
- ornament
- ornamentation
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