Antefix

1. n. An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water.
2. n. An ornament fixed upon a frieze.
3. n. An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.