cresting
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cresting
- present participle and gerund of crest
Noun edit
cresting (plural crestings)
- (architecture) An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.
- 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:
- The station also boasts a large semi-domed French pavilion roof with fish-scale tiles and iron cresting, plus a rectangular hall with arcaded upper storey and wooden lantern.
References edit
- “cresting”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.