finial
- Noun. The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
- Noun. Any decorative fitting at the peak of a gable, or on the top of a flagpole, fence post or staircase newel post.
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