cusping

American  

[kuhs-ping] / ˈkʌs pɪŋ /

noun

1. Architecture. decoration in the form of a cusp, a pair of curves that are tangent to a real or imaginary line defining an area being decorated and that meet at a point within that area.

   Three-leaved motifs are cut into the jamb outside each inner and outer point of the cusping.

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Etymology

Origin of cusping

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

That moment in life when your life is a blank slate to be written upon and you're just cusping into the world, like my son was in this book.

From Salon • May 16, 2023

Once business woke up to the Internet’s value, an event that fortunately took a while, the dynamics began to change, cusping in the Dot-com bubble, yet continuing to grow at an amazing pace ever since.

From Forbes • Jul. 26, 2012

Plain transoms cross the lights, whereas in the inside the tracery and cusping is elaborate.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)

The windows are all lancets, without any cusping.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)

Here and there in the rich colour were introduced medallions, representing apparently scriptural scenes, and at the top of each light, under the cusping, was a coat of arms.

From The Nebuly Coat by Falkner, John Meade