(Architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome.
1These are flanked by the terminal figures, against which, upon projecting consoles, stand the bound captives.
2On Italian console tables and French commodes we see the two simple curves disguised by terminal figures.
3"Judging by the terminal figure," I remarked, "Fatface is already here."