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

The method of cusping the drop-arch and 86the varied treatment of these in nave, choir and transepts are noteworthy while the little quatrefoil at the intersection of mullion and transom is a really happy innovation.

From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Woodhouse, Frederick W.

The capitals of columns, the cusping of windows, and the ornaments were seldom repeated, but varied according to the taste of the craftsman.

From The Practice and Science of Drawing by Speed, Harold

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)