[
UK
/fˈɪnɪəl/
]
NOUN
- an ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis
How To Use finial In A Sentence
- On display is a Worcester sucrier with convex vertical ribbing painted with sprays of flowers and with an open flower finial.
- Twentieth-century blue-blood decorator Sister Parish, America's version of Ms. Castaing, was asked once why she had put a worthless giltwood curtain finial atop a lovely antique clock in her entrance hall. The Decorator's Decorator
- So instead I walk to the top of the stairs and put my hand on the top of the banister there, where the finial is formed into a pineapple shape. The Kitchen Daughter
- The arched braces, securely trussing every second rafter, meet above an octagonal metal plate fitted to the downward extension of the apex finial.
- True, vintage pieces are often more elaborate than the modern ones, adorned with scrolls, finials and wooden overlay ornamentation.
- It was fashioned from a lunch box, camera, opera glass parts, pie servers, springs, gooseneck lamp part, drapery rod finial, clock key, and tin cups.
- Leaves, rocks, shells, fish scales, all vanished in favour of a few urn-like finials, a hint of metope or columnar fluting, or the suggestion of a pediment.
- We view the vacant alternate site of the inner compound and catch our first glimpse of the ridge and the roof finials of the main sanctuary beyond the fences.
- It retains its original brasses, finials, and decorative carving.
- Leaves, rocks, shells, fish scales, all vanished in favour of a few urn-like finials, a hint of metope or columnar fluting, or the suggestion of a pediment.