finial
Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
an ornamental termination to the top of a piece of furniture, or of one part of such a piece.
Typography. a curve terminating the main stroke of the characters in some italic fonts.
Origin of finial
1Other words from finial
- fin·i·aled, adjective
Words Nearby finial
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How to use finial in a sentence
And not content with this exuberance in the external ornaments of the arch, the finial interferes with its traceries.
The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) | John RuskinHe leads us up to the finial of one of the stalls, which is carved in the figure of a monk.
Each pillar is surmounted by a pinnacle, and behind each canopy rises a crocketed gable, again crowned by a huge finial.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon | Cecil Walter Charles HallettOver each seat is an ogee canopy, cinquefoil, crocketed, and surmounted by a huge finial.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon | Cecil Walter Charles HallettOn each of its faces is an entrance through a pointed arch, ornamented with crockets and a finial.
British Dictionary definitions for finial
/ (ˈfaɪnɪəl) /
an ornament on top of a spire, gable, etc, esp in the form of a foliated fleur-de-lys
an ornament at the top of a piece of furniture, etc
Origin of finial
1Derived forms of finial
- finialed, adjective
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