Definitions for finial

finial fin·i·al

Spelling: [fin-ee-uh l, fahy-nee-]
IPA: /ˈfɪn i əl, ˈfaɪ ni-/

Finial is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in finial (afiiln).

Definitions for finial

noun

  1. Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
  2. an ornamental termination to the top of a piece of furniture, or of one part of such a piece.
  3. Typography. a curve terminating the main stroke of the characters in some italic fonts.

Origin of finial

1400-50; late Middle English, derivative of Latin fīnis end; see -al1

Examples for finial

Beasts project at the gable angles, and the summit it crowned by a finial.

And not content with this exuberance in the external ornaments of the arch, the finial interferes with its traceries.

This is especially the case with regard to the shape of the finial.

On each of its faces is an entrance through a pointed arch, ornamented with crockets and a finial.

finial—the ornament which finishes the top of a pinnacle, a canopy, or a spire, usually carved into a bunch of foliage.

The finial is a three-quarter figure, and an angel occupies the spandrel between the arch and the label.

Spires end usually in a boss or finial, surmounted by a weathercock.

finial, a finishing ornament applied usually to a gable end (fig. 7).

Where the finial joins the roof a rayed sun of cast metal is placed.

He leads us up to the finial of one of the stalls, which is carved in the figure of a monk.

Word Value for finial
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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