finial

UK: /ˈfaɪnɪəl/ US: (fin′ē əl, fī′nē-)

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fin•i•al  (fin′ē əl, fī′nē-), n. 

1. Architecture a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
2. Furniture 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.

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

fin′i•aled, adj. 

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finial / ˈfaɪnɪəl/ noun

1. an ornament on top of a spire, gable, etc, esp in the form of a foliated fleur-de-lys
2. an ornament at the top of a piece of furniture, etc

Etymology: 14th Century: from finial (adj), variant of final

ˈfinialed adjective