crestingn.
/ˈkrɛstɪŋ/ 1. Architecture. An ornamental ridging to a wall or roof.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments
pommela1300
crest1430
finial1448
balloon1592
brattishingc1593
knob1610
cartouche1611
ogive1611
fret1626
galace1663
acroterion1664
paternoster1728
semi-urn1742
patera1776
purfling1780
sailing course1807
vesica piscis (also piscium)1809
antefix1819
vesica1820
garland1823
stop1825
Aaron's rod1830
headwork1831
Vitruvian scroll1837
hip knob1838
stelea1840
ball-flower1840
notch-head1843
brandishing1846
buckle1848
cat's-head1848
bucrane1854
cresting1869
semi-ball1875
canephorus1880
crest-board1881
wave pattern1905
husk1934
foliate head1939
green man1939
1869 Builder 18 Dec. 998/2 The lines of a building are best followed by..placing crestings where objects would be artistically enriched by them.
1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 48 Roofs..finished with ornamental tiled cresting.
2. Ornamental edging on a chair, settee, etc. Also attributive, as cresting rail.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > parts of furniture generally > ornamental parts
boll1651
gallery1853
split baluster1904
cresting1908
trim1922
1908 P. Macquoid Hist. Eng. Furnit. IV. viii. 241 Sometimes the whole of the splat was formed of crossed diagonal lines..and the panel of the cresting lightly carved in place of painting.
1941 Burlington Mag. June 187/1 The back [of the Director chair] was of a light and elegant design with graceful curves to the splat and cresting rail.
1963 Times 2 Mar. 11/7 Compared with Director designs, the Portuguese cresting rail is deeper, generally less pierced, and treated much more as a pediment.
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n.1869