terminal figure

English

Terminal figures from an achitectural catalog by Hans Vredeman de Vries (1565)

Noun

terminal figure (plural terminal figures)

1. (architecture) a statue with a head or bust carved out of the top of a square tapering pillar, originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome.
2. Terminus, the Roman god of boundaries.

Synonyms

• term
• terminus

See also

• herm