Antefix : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Antefix	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Antefix
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
antefix n carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antefix \An"te*fix`\, n.; pl. E. {Antefixes}; L. {Antefixa}. [L. ante + fixus fixed.] (Arch.) (a) An ornament fixed upon a frieze. (b) An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof. (c) An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water.