TOPSAIL
Top"sail`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship. Topsail schooner. (Naut.) See Schooner, and Illustration in Appendix.
TOPS-AND-BOTTOMS
Tops"-and-bot`toms, n. pl.
Defn: Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, — used as food for infants. 'T is said that her top-and-bottoms were gilt. Hood.
TOP-SHAPED
Top"-shaped`, a.
Defn: Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate.
TOP-SHELL
Top"-shell`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of marine top_shaped shells of the genus Thochus, or family Trochidæ.
TOPSMAN
Tops"man, n.; pl. Topsmen (.
1. The chief drover of those who drive a herd of cattle. P. Cyc.