pinnacling

Variant of pinnacle

pinnacle definition

pin·na·cle (pin′ə kəl)

noun

  1. a small turret or spire on a buttress or a supporting pier
  2. a pointed formation, as at the top of a mountain; peak
  3. the highest point; culmination; acme

Etymology: ME pinacle < MFr < LL(Ec) pinnaculum, dim. L pinna, pinnacle, feather: see pen

transitive verb pinnacled -·cled, pinnacling -·cling

  1. to set on a pinnacle
  2. to furnish or adorn with pinnacles
  3. to form the pinnacle of

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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