TOPPLE
Top"ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Toppling.]
Etym: [From Top summit.]
Defn: To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.
Though castles topple on their warders' heads. Shak.
TOPPLE
Top"ple, v. t.
Defn: To throw down; to overturn.
He topple crags from the precipice. Longfellow.
TOP-PROUD
Top"-proud`, a.
Defn: Proud to the highest degree. [R.] "This top-proud fellow."
Shak.
TOP RAKE
Top rake. (Mech.)
Defn: The angle that the front edge of the point of a tool is set back from the normal to the surface being cut.
TOP-ROPE
Top"-rope`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.