— finialed , adj.
/fin"ee euhl, fuy"nee-/ , n.
1. Archit. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
2. 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 ME, deriv. of L finis end; see -AL 1 ]