CRESTING

Meaning of CRESTING in English

■ noun an ornamental decoration at the top of a roof or wall.

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CRESTING — noun Date: 1862 a decorative edging or railing (as on pottery or furniture)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CRESTING — ˈkrestiŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: crest (I) + -ing 1. : an ornamental crest (as on the ridge of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRESTING — (n.) An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.
Английский словарь Webster
CRESTING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crest
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CRESTING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Crest
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CRESTING — ( n. ) An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CRESTING — /kres"ting/ , n. 1. Archit. a decorative coping, balustrade, etc., usually designed to give an interesting skyline. 2. Furniture. ornamentation …
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CRESTING — noun Date: 1862 : a decorative edging or railing (as on pottery or furniture)
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRESTING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of crest. 2. cresting ·noun an ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of …
Webster English vocab
CRESTING — [crest.ing] n (1908): a decorative edging or railing (as on pottery or furniture)
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CRESTING — Расческу
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CRESTING — Расческа
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CRESTING — Гребешок
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CRESTING — n. Pronunciation: ' kres-ti ŋ Function: noun Date: 1862 : a decorative edging or railing (as on pottery or furniture)
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EAR — I. ˈi(ə)r, ˈiə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ere, from Old English ēare; akin to Old High German …
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PILLAR AND SCROLL — noun : an early American shelf clock designed with slender pillars and scrolled cresting and ornamented with turned wood finials
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CHENEAU — shāˈnō noun ( -s ) Etymology: French chéneau, from Latin canalis canal, channel — more at canal : a cresting …
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BRATTISHING — ˈbrad.ə̇shiŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: brattish (variant of brattice ) (I) + -ing : a form of openwork cresting …
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TUBE — — tubeless , adj. — tubelike , adj. /toohb, tyoohb/ , n. , v. , tubed, tubing . n. 1. …
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PERIWIG CHAIR — a chair of c1700 having a high, caned back with an elaborately carved cresting.
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GALLERY — — galleried , adj. — gallerylike , adj. /gal"euh ree, gal"ree/ , n. , pl. galleries . 1. a raised …
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CREST
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COURTING MIRROR — U.S. Furniture. a small mirror of c1800 having a border and cresting of glass painted with leaves and flowers in …
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CHENEAU — /shay noh"/ , n. , pl. cheneaus, cheneaux /-nohz"/ . Archit. 1. an ornamented cresting on a cornice or coping. …
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BODY-SURF — — body-surfer , n. /bod"ee serrf'/ , v.i. to ride a cresting wave toward the shore by lying face down …
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BILBAO — /bil bow"/ ; Sp. /beel bah"aw/ , n. 1. a seaport in N Spain, near the Bay of Biscay. 450,000. …
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BATTLEMENT — — battlemented /bat"l men'tid/ , adj. /bat"l meuhnt/ , n. Often, battlements . a parapet or cresting, originally defensive but …
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WAINSCOT CHAIR — also called Panel Chair, a joined wooden chair, usually made of oak, hence the name wainscot, which was used to …
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CREST — 1. сущ. 1) а) гребешок, хохолок, полюмаж (у птиц) erect one's crest elevate one's crest let fall one's crest б) …
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CREST — 1. сущ. 1) а) гребешок, хохолок, плюмаж ( у птиц ) б) гребень шлема; поэт. шлем в) цветное перо на …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CREST — 1. сущ. 1) а) гребешок, хохолок, плюмаж (у птиц) б) гребень шлема; поэт. шлем в) цветное перо на стреле (крепится для отличия стрел разных …
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CREST — 1. сущ. 1) а) гребешок, хохолок, полюмаж (у птиц) erect one's crest elevate one's crest let fall one's crest б) …
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