(of a bird or other animal) having a comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head

the crested drake mandarin duck

a plush-crested jay

emblazoned with a coat of arms or other emblem

crested notepaper

reach the top of (a hill or wave)

she crested a hill and saw the valley spread out before her

(of a wave) form a curling foamy top

the swell begins to curl and crest

have attached at the top

his helmet was crested with a fan of spikes