🇬🇧 en de 🇩🇪

crest noun

  /kɹɛst/
  • A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
 Kamm, Wellenkamm, Haube, Krone, Wellenspitze
  • (heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
 Helmzier, Helmkleinod, Zimir
  • The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
 Gipfel
  • The ridge or top of a wave.
 Wellenkamm, Wellenspitze

crest verb

  /kɹɛst/
  • (transitive) To reach the crest of (e.g. a hill or mountain).
 erklimmen
crest clearance
Spitzenspiel
crest line
Kammlinie
dam crest
Dammkrone
Wiktionary Links