▪ I. topped, ppl. a.1
(tɒpt)
Also 5–6 Sc. toppit, 7–9 topt.
[f. top n.1 and v.1 + -ed.]
1. Having or furnished with a top or tops (see the senses of top n.1). Also in parasynthetic comb., as large-topped, sharp-topped, etc.
| c 1450 Holland Howlat 186 Heronnis contemplatif..With toppit hudis on hed. 1513 Douglas æneis iv. x. 86 The seis large, All wmbeset with toppit schip and barge. 1567 J. Maplet Gr. Forest 35 The other is rather Spearelike and sharpe topped. 1632 Lithgow Trav. ii. 44 Taking their directions from the topped hills of the maine continent. 1675 H. Woolley Gentlew. Comp. 58 The large-topt stockings with supporters to bear them up. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (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 Sponge's Sp. Tour ix. 38 A pair of..brown topped boots. |
2. Having the top removed; of a tree: polled, pollarded; of hemp: see top v.1 3, quot. 1794.
| 1712 J. James tr. Le Blond's Gardening 169 Some topped Elms..in five or six Years time have form'd a handsome..Head. 1794 Rigging & Seamanship I. 62 Ropes made from topt hemp will not stretch so much. 1844 Stephens Bk. Farm II. 8 The topped and tailed turnips. 1890 W. A. Wallace Only a Sister 322 Under that topped willow. |
▪ II. topped, ppl. a.2 Golf.
(tɒpt)
[pa. pple. of top v.1 18 a.]
Struck, as a ball, in the upper half; in which the ball is so struck.
| 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 Ibid. 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 Ibid. 13 Sept. 3/1 The natural penalty of an errant shot or a topped shot. |