antefix.

An upright ornamental piece covering the exposed end of a row of roof tiles.

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Words that belong together

• terracotta antefix
• roof antefix

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A terracotta antefix bore a painted face.

They found the broken antefix below the eaves.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular antefix; plural antefixes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.