poppyhead

See also: poppy head

English

Carved bench end with poppyhead

Related to French poupée.

poppyhead (plural poppyheads)

The head of a poppy.
(architecture) A raised ornament frequently having the form of a finial. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches.
- 1860. Raphael Brandon, Joshua Arthur Brandon, "An analysis of Gothick architecture: illustrated by a series of: Volume 1", Page 98
  Poppy, or poppy head, the more correct term for designating these wooden " Crops," would appear to be derived from the frequent custom of working the terminations into figures of priests, warriors

head of a poppy