Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak. · To reach the crest of (e.g. a hill or mountain). · To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for. · To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.
The summit of a hill or mountain ridge. · 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 plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet. · 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.
From Middle English creste, from Old French creste (modern French crête) and perhaps continuing Old English cræsta (“crest, tuft, plume”); both ultimately from Vulgar Latin *cresta, from Latin crista. Doublet of crista. The informal meaning “design, logo” (noun sense 11) stems from a misinterpretation of the heraldic noun sense 4, which specifically refers to the object placed on top of the helm.
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