Antonyms for finial
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : fin-ee-uh l, fahy-nee- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪn i əl, ˈfaɪ ni- |
Definition of finial
Origin :- "ornament at the top of a spire, gable, etc.," mid-15c., from fyniall "putting an end to, binding" (early 15c.), a variant of final.
- As in top : noun highest point
- As in pommel : verb beat
- This is especially the case with regard to the shape of the finial.
- Extract from : « The Bronze Age and the Celtic World » by Harold Peake
- Where the finial joins the roof a rayed sun of cast metal is placed.
- Extract from : « Leadwork » by W. R. Lethaby
- Beasts project at the gable angles, and the summit it crowned by a finial.
- Extract from : « The Shores of the Adriatic » by F. Hamilton Jackson
- Spires end usually in a boss or finial, surmounted by a weathercock.
- Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
- And not content with this exuberance in the external ornaments of the arch, the finial interferes with its traceries.
- Extract from : « The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) » by John Ruskin
- On each of its faces is an entrance through a pointed arch, ornamented with crockets and a finial.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 470 » by Various
- Finial—the ornament which finishes the top of a pinnacle, a canopy, or a spire, usually carved into a bunch of foliage.
- Extract from : « Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys » by Dugald Butler and Herbert Story
- Finial, a finishing ornament applied usually to a gable end (fig. 7).
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 7 » by Various
- The finial is a three-quarter figure, and an angel occupies the spandrel between the arch and the label.
- Extract from : « Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages » by George Edmund Street
- He leads us up to the finial of one of the stalls, which is carved in the figure of a monk.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 102, June 11, 1892 » by Various
Synonyms for finial
- acme
- apex
- apogee
- belabor
- cap
- capital
- ceiling
- climax
- club
- cork
- cover
- crest
- crown
- cudgel
- culmination
- cusp
- face
- fastigium
- finial
- handle
- head
- height
- high point
- knob
- lid
- limit
- maul
- maximum
- meridian
- peak
- pinnacle
- point
- pound
- pummel
- roof
- saddlebow
- spire
- stopper
- strike
- summit
- superficies
- surface
- thwack
- tip
- utmost
- vertex
- zenith
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