Hypertext Webster Gateway: "finial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Finial \Fin"*i*al\, n. [L. finire to finish, end. See {Finish}.]
(Arch.)
The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that
forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic
architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
finial
n : an ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a
foliated fleur-de-lis
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