cresting

[kres-ting]

noun

1. Architecture.,  a decorative coping, balustrade, etc., usually designed to give an interesting skyline.

2. Furniture.,  ornamentation either carved or sawed in the top rail of a piece or else added to it.

3. a system of ornamental ridges or flutes on a piece of plate armor.

cresting

/ ˈkrɛstɪŋ /

noun

1. an ornamental ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc

2. carpentry a shaped decorative toprail or horizontal carved ornament surmounting a chair, mirror, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of cresting¹

First recorded in 1865–70; crest + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The problem, says Colmar, is that some of these trends are “now extended and/or cresting/reversing.”

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Her sadness and regret washes over tracks like “Sugar Water” and “Crown,” building into fiery passion on “Chemistry” and “Sailor Song,” before cresting into the haunting resolution of the title track that closes it out.

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Pelicans glided over the cresting waves, while a harbor seal watched the surfers for a bit before diving under the surface and disappearing from sight.

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The trophy features many nods from the 60-year-old musician, including a hand-drawn “cresting wave” illustration and an arrow and mod symbol — an allusion to Vedder’s tribute to the Who on his personal guitar.

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So what we’re witnessing is a colossal public policy failure, and it’s not as if the age wave — cresting for decades — could have come as a surprise.

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