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Finial - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun finial

is the knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.

finial

English

(wikipedia finial)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
  • Any decorative fitting at the peak of a gable, or on the top of a flagpole, fence post or staircase newel post.

    • Quotations

    * 1988' : It was a narrow, gravelled island we had to lie on, guarded by glazed brick chimneys and, running along the sides, a prickly little gothic fence of iron '''finials and terracotta quatrefoils. - , (Penguin Books, paperback edition, 142)

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    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.