toppedadj.1
/tɒpt/ 1. Having or furnished with a top or tops (see the senses of top n.1). Also in parasynthetic combinations, as large-topped, sharp-topped, etc.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > of or relating to the top > having (a) top(s)
topped1513
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. x. 86 The seis large, All wmbeset with toppit schip and barge.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 186 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 100 Heronnis contemplatif..With toppit hudis on hed.
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 35 The other is rather Spearelike and sharpe topped.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 44 Taking their directions from the topped hills of the maine continent.
1673 Gentlewomans Compan. 58 The large-topt stockings with supporters to bear them up.
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 1240 To make topped, or sharp at the top.
1826 Hogg C. Dinmont in Lit. Souvenir 257 He had huge topped boots, all of one colour.
1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour ii. ix. 38 A pair of..very brown topped boots.
2. Having the top removed; of a tree: polled, pollarded; of hemp: see top v.1 3.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [adjective] > pruned or lopped
doddedc1440
lopped1570
stubbed1575
polled1587
pollard1638
putatory1656
sneddedc1700
topped1712
pollarded?1790
lopping1795
spurring-in1829
summer-pruned1830
trunkless1897
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [adjective] > made of hemp > type or quality of hemp
pectinate?a1425
braked1653
rippled1724
water rotted1771
retted1788
outshot1794
topped1794
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing fruit and vegetables > [adjective] > having top removed
topped1844
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 169 Some topped Elms..in five or six Years time have form'd a handsome..Head.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 62 Ropes made from topt hemp will not stretch so much.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 8 The topped and tailed turnips.
1890 ‘W. A. Wallace’ Only a Sister 322 Under that topped willow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
toppedadj.2
/tɒpt/ Golf.
Struck, as a ball, in the upper half; in which the ball is so struck.
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1901 Westm. Gaz. 16 Aug. 2/2 If you put forward that plea for the foundered drive, the topped approach, or the putt that ‘gangs agee’, your partner must accept it.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 17 Oct. 4/2 The topped stroke with an iron, that sent the ball no great distance when gutta-percha was employed, answers nearly as well as a perfectly aimed shot when the ‘Haskell’ or ‘Kempshall’ is in use.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 13 Sept. 3/1 The natural penalty of an errant shot or a topped shot.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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