Definitions
A claw-like ornament at the base of a column.
Word origin
Borrowed from French griffe (“claw”).
Used in a sentence
“Saint-Domingue's complex system of racial classification allowed for no fewer than eight “mixed” racial parental combinations that could produce a griffe, as infamously calculated by Moreau.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Column-base claw”6 letters
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