Antefix

noun

1. An upright ornament along the eaves of a tiled roof designed to conceal the joints between the rows of tiles.
2. An ornament on a vase so placed as to conceal the part where the handle joins the body.
3. In class. arch., an upright ornament, generally of marble or terra cotta, placed at the eaves of a tiled roof, at the end of the last imbrex or tile of each ridge of tiling, to conceal the joining of the tiles.
4. An ornament fixed upon a frieze.
5. An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.