crest vs windrow

crest

noun
  • The top line of a slope or embankment. 

  • The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet. 

  • The upper curve of a horse's neck. 

  • The ridge or top of a wave. 

  • 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. 

  • The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc. 

  • A ridge along the surface of a bone. 

  • A design or logo, especially one of an institution, sports club, association or high-class family. 

  • Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests. 

  • The summit of a hill or mountain ridge. 

  • The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak. 

  • To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes. 

  • To reach the crest of (a hill or mountain) 

  • To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for. 

windrow

noun
  • A ridge or berm at a perimeter 

  • The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it. 

  • A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade. 

  • A long snowbank along the side of a road. 

  • A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind. 

  • A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation. 

  • A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade. 

  • A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field. 

verb
  • To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows. 

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