hillcrest

See also: Hillcrest

English

Etymology

From hill +‎ crest.

Noun

hillcrest (plural hillcrests)

1. The crest of a hill
   • 1901, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, Lazarre‎^[1]:

     But all that sunny hillcrest seemed brightened by the marquis.

   • 1917, Harold Bindloss, Carmen's Messenger‎^[2]:

     The light got red and angry as they dipped into the valley; the firs on the hillcrest stood out black and sharp, and then melted into the gray background.

   • 2002 November 22, Justin Matlick, “Feeling the Buzz”, in Chicago Reader‎^[3]:

     The upper half of her torso is raised and she's looking away from the camera, apparently staring over the hillcrest as if hunting for something amid the foliage or plotting an escape route.