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Definition of Crestings
1. cresting [n] - See also: cresting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crestings
Literary usage of Crestings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Bricks, Tiles, Terra-cotta, Etc. by Charles Thomas Davis (1884)
"With us the crestings as well as finials are manufactured in terra-cotta in a
... Terra-cotta crestings, besides being used with tile, are also sometimes ..."
2. Leadwork: Old and Ornamental, and for the Most Part English by William Richard Lethaby (1893)
"OF FINIALS AND crestings. THE lead finial is typically a French feature ; there
cannot be said to be a single instance of a large ornamental finial of lead ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"Sheet-metal crestings are'of varied design and construction. ... The most important
features to consider in crestings are the method of support and the ..."
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