A spire is a tall, slender, pointed structure on top of a roof or tower, especially at the summit of church steeples. A spire may have a square, circular, or polygonal plan, with a roughly conical or pyramidal shape.

What is the meaning of word spire?

1 : a slender tapering blade or stalk (as of grass) 2 : the upper tapering part of something (such as a tree or antler) : pinnacle. 3a : a tapering roof or analogous pyramidal construction surmounting a tower. b : steeple a church spire.

Where does the word spire come from?

A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. Etymologically, the word comes from the Old English word spir, meaning a sprout, shoot, or stalk of grass.