antefix

antefix
antefixal, adj.
/an"teuh fiks'/, n., pl. antefixes, antefixa /-fik'seuh/. Archit.
1. an upright ornament at the eaves of a tiled roof, to conceal the foot of a row of convex tiles that cover the joints of the flat tiles.
2. an ornament above the top molding of a cornice.
[1825-35; < L antefixa, neut. pl. of ANTEFIXUS fastened in front, equiv. to ante- ANTE- + fixus ptp. of figere to FIX]

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