cusping

American  

[kuhs-ping] / ˈkʌs pɪŋ /

noun

1. Architecture. decoration in the form of a cusp, a pair of curves that are tangent to a real or imaginary line defining an area being decorated and that meet at a point within that area.

   Three-leaved motifs are cut into the jamb outside each inner and outer point of the cusping.

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Etymology

Origin of cusping

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

That moment in life when your life is a blank slate to be written upon and you're just cusping into the world, like my son was in this book.

From Salon • May 16, 2023

Once business woke up to the Internet’s value, an event that fortunately took a while, the dynamics began to change, cusping in the Dot-com bubble, yet continuing to grow at an amazing pace ever since.

From Forbes • Jul. 26, 2012

The cusping throughout is bolder than in the E. E. period.

From Architecture Gothic and Renaissance by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)

The method of cusping the drop-arch and 86the varied treatment of these in nave, choir and transepts are noteworthy while the little quatrefoil at the intersection of mullion and transom is a really happy innovation.

From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Woodhouse, Frederick W.

The windows are all lancets, without any cusping.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)