Definition of Crestings

1. Noun. (plural of cresting) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crestings

1. cresting [n] - See also: cresting

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crestings

crested penguin
crested penguins
crested screamer
crested screamers
crested swift
crested tit
crestfallen
crestfallenly
crestfallenness
crestie
cresties
cresting
crestings
crestless
crestless wave
creston
crestons
crests
crests of nail bed
cresyl
cresyl blue
cresyl echt
cresyl violet acetate
cresylate
cresylic
cresylic acid
cresyls

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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