'Finial' definitions:
Definition of 'finial'
(from WordNet)
noun
An ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis
Definition of 'Finial'
From: GCIDE
- Finial \Fin"i*al\, 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'finial'
From: GCIDE
- Knop \Knop\ (n[o^]p), n. [OE. knop, knoppe; cf. D. knop, knoop, G. knopf, Dan. knap, knop, Sw. knapp, knopp, button, bud, Icel. knappr, and E. knap, n. Cf. Knap, Knob.]
- 1. A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button. [1913 Webster]
- Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. --Ex. xxv. 21. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Arch.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and knosp. [1913 Webster]
- Knop sedge (Bot.), the bur reed (Sparganium); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels. --Prior. [1913 Webster]