Griffe

noun

1. In medieval architecture, from the eleventh to the fifteenth century, an ornament on the bases of pillars, connecting the torus with each angle of the plinth.
2. In wine-making, a deposit which forms within eight or ten days after new wines are bottled.
3. See griff.
4. The part of a Jacquard loom which raises the warp-threads. Also called knife-box.
5. The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto.