terminal figure

1. 1.

   (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

   Synonymsterminusterm

   Broaderstatue

   architecture

Questions about terminal figure

What does terminal figure mean?

terminal figure means "(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome".

What is another word for terminal figure?

Close synonyms include terminus, term. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is terminal figure a common word?

terminal figure is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.