The alfiz (, perhaps from Andalusian Arabic "alḥíz", from "alḥáyyiz", from Classical Arabic "ḥayyiz", meaning 'a container'; ) is an architectonic adornment, consisting of a moulding, usually a rectangular panel, which encloses the outward side of an arch. It is an architectonic ornament of Etruscan origin, used in Visigothic, Asturian, Moorish, Mozarabic, Mudéjar and Isabelline Gothic architecture.