top buttonn.

Brit.

/ˈtɒp ˌbʌtn/, U.S.

/ˈtɑp ˌbətn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: top adj., button n.

Etymology: < top adj. + button n. Compare topped adj. 1a.

†1. A metal button with a gilt or silvered face. Cf. top n.¹ 26, all-over n. 1b. Obsolete. rare.The exact sense of quot. 1574 is unclear.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > button > types of

hair-button1593

frog1635

bar-button1685

frost button1686

sleeve-button1686

berry-button1702

stud1715

pearl button1717

breast button1742

bell-button1775

shell button1789

red button1797

olivet1819

bullet-buttons1823

basket-button1836

all-over1838

top1852

olive1890

pearly1890

nail head1892

1574 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 243 Topp Buttons and frenge Lace.

1827 Cambr. Chron. & Jrnl 20 July Best gilt, metal and top buttons.

2. The highest button in a row down the front of a garment, usually the one nearest a person's throat.The doing up or undoing of the top button of a garment frequently conveys a greater or lesser degree of formality.

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1764 ‘C. Careless’ Amours & Adventures II. iii. 19 Avoid that little fellow with the thirteen buttons to his coat; each of those buttons is a type of four cards, the top button is the ace, king, queen and knave of spades.

1830 T. Hook Maxwell II. vi. 205 ‘When did you come here?’ said Lord Hillingdon, looking at Kate, while speaking to her father, the top button of whose coat his lordship firmly grasped.

1994 J. Kelman How Late it Was 239 And that's afore ye reach the rules and regulations and all the different procedures;..all-important—when to wear a tie and when to loosen the top button.

2012 M. R. Gordon & B. E. Trainor Endgame xviii. 330 As a battalion commander, Petraeus made his men button the top button of their fatigues—he called it the ‘battle button’.

3. A knob or cap (sometimes decorative) at the top of any of the masts of a sailing ship. Now historical.In quot. 1802 apparently an error for top burtons, which is the reading of the passage from which this is taken in the 1798, 1799, and 1800 editions of J. H. Moore Pract. Navigator.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > upper part of mast > knob or cap on

truck1626

pillow1632

acorn1768

1802 N. Bowditch & T. Kirby Improved Pract. Navigator 290 On board his Majesty's ships the top buttons are on the top-sail yards to keep them square when studding sails are set.]

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits ii. 32 The mainmast, from the deck to the top-button, measured 115 feet.

2010 J. Kennedy Metamorphosis (e-book, accessed 3 Mar. 2022) iv. 22 (caption) Manning the mast ceremony. (Note the boy standing on the top button).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	top button
释义	top buttonn. Brit. /ˈtɒp ˌbʌtn/, U.S. /ˈtɑp ˌbətn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: top adj., button n. Etymology: < top adj. + button n. Compare topped adj. 1a. †1. A metal button with a gilt or silvered face. Cf. top n.¹ 26, all-over n. 1b. Obsolete. rare.The exact sense of quot. 1574 is unclear. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > button > types of hair-button1593 frog1635 bar-button1685 frost button1686 sleeve-button1686 berry-button1702 stud1715 pearl button1717 breast button1742 bell-button1775 shell button1789 red button1797 olivet1819 bullet-buttons1823 basket-button1836 all-over1838 top1852 olive1890 pearly1890 nail head1892 1574 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 243 Topp Buttons and frenge Lace. 1827 Cambr. Chron. & Jrnl 20 July Best gilt, metal and top buttons. 2. The highest button in a row down the front of a garment, usually the one nearest a person's throat.The doing up or undoing of the top button of a garment frequently conveys a greater or lesser degree of formality. ΚΠ 1764 ‘C. Careless’ Amours & Adventures II. iii. 19 Avoid that little fellow with the thirteen buttons to his coat; each of those buttons is a type of four cards, the top button is the ace, king, queen and knave of spades. 1830 T. Hook Maxwell II. vi. 205 ‘When did you come here?’ said Lord Hillingdon, looking at Kate, while speaking to her father, the top button of whose coat his lordship firmly grasped. 1994 J. Kelman How Late it Was 239 And that's afore ye reach the rules and regulations and all the different procedures;..all-important—when to wear a tie and when to loosen the top button. 2012 M. R. Gordon & B. E. Trainor Endgame xviii. 330 As a battalion commander, Petraeus made his men button the top button of their fatigues—he called it the ‘battle button’. 3. A knob or cap (sometimes decorative) at the top of any of the masts of a sailing ship. Now historical.In quot. 1802 apparently an error for top burtons, which is the reading of the passage from which this is taken in the 1798, 1799, and 1800 editions of J. H. Moore Pract. Navigator. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > upper part of mast > knob or cap on truck1626 pillow1632 acorn1768 1802 N. Bowditch & T. Kirby Improved Pract. Navigator 290 On board his Majesty's ships the top buttons are on the top-sail yards to keep them square when studding sails are set.] 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits ii. 32 The mainmast, from the deck to the top-button, measured 115 feet. 2010 J. Kennedy Metamorphosis (e-book, accessed 3 Mar. 2022) iv. 22 (caption) Manning the mast ceremony. (Note the boy standing on the top button). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < n.1574
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