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A crest is a component of a heraldic display, consisting of the device borne on top of the helm.
A crest is a point on a surface wave where the displacement of the medium is at a maximum. A trough is the opposite of a crest, so the minimum or lowest point of the wave. When the crests and troughs of two sine waves of equal amplitude and frequency intersect or collide, while being in phase with each other, the result is called constructive ...
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design [1] on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest, and a motto.
The German Hyghalmen Roll was made in the late 15th century and illustrates the German practice of repeating themes from the arms in the crest. (See Roll of arms).. Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree.
crest (equipment) – Heraldic markings on an arrow used for identification or design; crossbow (equipment) – A bow mounted on a stock, which shoots projectiles called bolts or quarrels; crown (equipment) – The nock end of an arrow where cresting and paints are applied
Crest Audio, an American manufacturer of power amplifiers and mixing consoles; Crest Animation Productions, an animation studio in Burbank, California; Crest Animation Studios, an animation studio in India; Crest Books, an imprint of now defunct Fawcett Publications; Crest Hotels, a defunct hotel chain in the UK
Buccinator crest; A feature on various animals: Crest (feathers) Display feature or thermoregulatory feature in various reptiles; Sail (anatomy), also known as crest in some animals; The point of a horse's neck where the mane grows from; Neural crest, a temporary group of cells unique to vertebrates that arise from the embryonic ectoderm cell layer
The purpose of the torse is known to be the masking of the "unsightly joining" of the helmet and the crest. However, it is possible that a knight might "twist [the favour] in and out or over and over the fillet which surrounded the joining-place of crest and helmet." Thus the favour (lady's handkerchief) might be twisted into the torse. [1]