finial : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: finial	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for finial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
finial n an ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Finial \Fin"ial\, n. [L. finire to finish, end. See {Finish}.] (Arch.) The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself.