Hip-knob

Hip-knob, in architecture, is the finial on the hip of a roof, between the barge-boards of a gable.[1]

References

  1. ↑  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hip-knob". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.



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