top loadern.

Brit.

/ˈtɒp ˌləʊdə/, U.S.

/ˈtɑp ˌloʊdər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: top n.¹, loader n.¹

Etymology: < top n.¹ + loader n.¹ Compare earlier top loading n.

1. North American. A lumberjack whose job is to position the logs as a load is built up. Now chiefly historical.

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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > other lumbering personnel

hook tender1893

whistle punk1925

1886 Lake County (Baldwin, Michigan) Star 17 June 1/3 Last Saturday forenoon, Peter Smith, a top loader at Foster Blackman & Co's camp, was badly bruised by a log rolling over him.

1904 Amer. Inventor 15 Apr. 184 The toploader is the man who runs the greatest risks.

1964 Outdoorsman (Campbellford, Ont.) Dec. 1/2 One may see a visitor with a misty look in his eye; an old blacksmith, top loader, barn boss, teamster, cookie or river hog who has returned to a fleeting glimpse of an era long gone by.

2000 D. E. Umhauer & K. P. Haubrich Mike & Ike & Morningtown ii. 23 The unloading and stacking were the most dangerous jobs on the road, and..the position of top loader at a logging camp carried a premium in prestige and pay.

2. A machine designed to be loaded from the top; esp. a washing machine designed to be loaded and unloaded through a door on the top rather than the front. Cf. front-loader n.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [noun] > other types

screw-machine?1746

self-driving1859

jig1875

pop-up1880

portable1900

positioner1903

slave1940

mobile unit1968

1903 Western Daily Press 18 June 1/3 (advt.) Panel van, 18ft., top loader, nearly new.

1952 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 5 Jan. a15/1 (advt.) Washing machine, automatic top loader, agitator, 8 mos. old, $150.

1978 Nature 18 May p. xviii/3 The Sartorius 3802MP electronic balance is a toploader of large capacity and high readability.

2010 Independent 10 Dec. 55/2 At the time most washing machines were twin tubs or top loaders.

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

单词	top loader
释义	top loadern. Brit. /ˈtɒp ˌləʊdə/, U.S. /ˈtɑp ˌloʊdər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: top n.¹, loader n.¹ Etymology: < top n.¹ + loader n.¹ Compare earlier top loading n. 1. North American. A lumberjack whose job is to position the logs as a load is built up. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > other lumbering personnel hook tender1893 whistle punk1925 1886 Lake County (Baldwin, Michigan) Star 17 June 1/3 Last Saturday forenoon, Peter Smith, a top loader at Foster Blackman & Co's camp, was badly bruised by a log rolling over him. 1904 Amer. Inventor 15 Apr. 184 The toploader is the man who runs the greatest risks. 1964 Outdoorsman (Campbellford, Ont.) Dec. 1/2 One may see a visitor with a misty look in his eye; an old blacksmith, top loader, barn boss, teamster, cookie or river hog who has returned to a fleeting glimpse of an era long gone by. 2000 D. E. Umhauer & K. P. Haubrich Mike & Ike & Morningtown ii. 23 The unloading and stacking were the most dangerous jobs on the road, and..the position of top loader at a logging camp carried a premium in prestige and pay. 2. A machine designed to be loaded from the top; esp. a washing machine designed to be loaded and unloaded through a door on the top rather than the front. Cf. front-loader n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [noun] > other types screw-machine?1746 self-driving1859 jig1875 pop-up1880 portable1900 positioner1903 slave1940 mobile unit1968 1903 Western Daily Press 18 June 1/3 (advt.) Panel van, 18ft., top loader, nearly new. 1952 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 5 Jan. a15/1 (advt.) Washing machine, automatic top loader, agitator, 8 mos. old, $150. 1978 Nature 18 May p. xviii/3 The Sartorius 3802MP electronic balance is a toploader of large capacity and high readability. 2010 Independent 10 Dec. 55/2 At the time most washing machines were twin tubs or top loaders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < n.1886
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