noun
- decorative ornamental work along the top edge or ridge of a building, wall, or roof
Usage: architectural
Examples
- The Victorian mansion featured elaborate iron crestings along its roofline.
- Gothic cathedrals often display intricate stone crestings on their walls.
- The restoration project included repairing the damaged crestings on the historic building.
- Ornate crestings crowned the garden walls of the estate.
- The architect specified custom metalwork crestings for the new library.
- Medieval castles sometimes had defensive crestings along their battlements.