topet2 (c.1136-37)

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topet2 (c.1136-37)

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[FEW: 17,343b *top; Gdf: ; GdfC: 10,784a toupet; TL: 10,386  topet 1 /10,725 tupet; DEAF:  top (topet); DMF:  toupet; TLF:  toupet; OED:  toupet n. / toppet n.1; MED:  topet n.; DMLBS: 3452a toppetum]
topette,  toppet;  tupet, 
pl toppez;  tupez  

Plural forms in –ez may also be read as variants for top2

s.

1top, highest part, summit
( MS: s.xiii )  of a wooden tower tolum: (A) topet (var. (L: s.xiiiex) tupet )  ii 37.76
( MS: s.xiii2 )  tolus, li: tupet gallice  i 297
( MS: s.xiiiex )  tholis: topez  i 146.115
2anat.forelock, hair above the forehead
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiii1/3  )  ço furent les premiers vadlez Ki firent trenchier lur tupez  6088
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Ly uns unt rés les chiefs amunt, Tuit fors un tup devant le frunt, E ly asquanz unt rés les chiefs Trestuit for un tupet detrefs  2028
zool.forelock, tuft of hair on the top of the head (of an animal)
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Et cele beste estoit de icel façon qu’ele ere plus grant qe asne et meindre qe mul, et avoit le visage d’ome, et ses crins estoient de perles, et le topet d’esmeraude  4va.20
3ship.topcastle, platform attached to the top of the mast
( 1419-22 )  gadd’ de ferro pro les toppez [....]  ii 107
4decor.fruitlet, knob on the top of a vessel
( 1415 )  .ij. hautes salers d’argent ennorrés et gravés ovec testes de femmes environ le covercle, saunz topettes, poisaunt ensemble .viij. lb.  95
( 1423 )  Item, .j. covercle d'un square saler, saunz topet, poisant .j. libre .ij. unces demi  iv 224
estoper#2  tipet  top#2  topcastle  toper 
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