round-top

noun

A platform at the top of a ship's mast.

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Meanings

nounround-top (plural round-tops)

plural round-tops · alternative roundtop · alternative round top

  1. nauticalA platform at the top of a ship's mast.

    A man on the roundtop cried out, Au voile, a sail.

    1722, Daniel Defoe, chapter 11, in Colonel Jack
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “round-top,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/round-top.

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