finial

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fin=i=al

CIDE DICTIONARY

finial, n. [L. finire to finish, end. See Finish.].

 The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

finial, n. Archit.
1 an ornament finishing off the apex of a roof, pediment, gable, tower-corner, canopy, etc.
2 the topmost part of a pinnacle.

Etymology

ME f. OF fin f. L finis end