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Synonyms for finial

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : fin-ee-uh l, fahy-nee-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪn i əl, ˈfaɪ ni-

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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