Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Antefix
AN tee fix
Plural: Antefixes, Antefixa, Antefixae

A decorated upright slab, fixed vertically at regular intervals along the lower edge of a roof to cover or conceal the open end of a row of tiles

Usually in the form of an anthemion.

Used in classical architecture and derivatives

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