His [Butades'] invention it vvas to ſet up Gargils or Antiques at the top of a Gavill end, as a finiall to the creſt tiles, vvhich in the beginning he called Protypa.
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Finial
//ˈfɪn.i.əl//
Synonyms for "finial" (4 found)
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30 translations across 18 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- фія́л noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 尖頂飾 /尖顶饰 noun (any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object)
- 葉尖飾 /叶尖饰 noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
Czech
2 entries- fiála noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
- fiála noun (any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object)
Danish
1 entries- korsblomst noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
Dutch
1 entries- piron noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
Finnish
2 entries- nuppi noun (any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object)
- päätykoriste noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
French
4 entries- embout noun (any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object)
- finial noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
- fleuron noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
- poinçon noun (any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object)
German
4 entries- Dachschmuck noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
- Firstblume noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
- Giebelblume noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
- Giebelschmuck noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
Italian
1 entries- fastigio noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
Japanese
2 entries- 先端装飾 noun (any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object)
- 頂華 noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
Limburgish
1 entries- piron noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
Macedonian
1 entries- у́красен завр́шеток noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
Polish
1 entries- kwiaton noun (any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object)
Russian
1 entries- фиал noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
Spanish
1 entries- fastigio noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
Ukrainian
1 entries- фіа́л noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
Vietnamese
1 entries- một năm noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
Zazaki
1 entries- alem (diq) noun (ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
From this fair Palace then he takes his Front, / From that his Finials; […] / And ſo, ſelecting euery vvhere the beſt, / Doth thirty Models in one Houſe digeſt.
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[O]f that money vvhich aroſe of their amercements, vvere certain gilded ſhields made, vvhich vvere ſet up on the finial or lantern of Jupiters Temple.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges; hence the conclusion of such a narration is apt to be less finished than an architectural finial.
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