red-toppedadj.
/ˈrɛdtɒpt/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌtɑpt/ Having a red top or crown.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > of or relating to the top > having (a) top(s) > specific
coped1611
drum-headed1664
red-topped1701
mushroom-headed1832
tilt-top1940
1701 T. Baker Humour of Age ii. ii. 18 One can't have a Lac'd Hat, a ruffl'd Shirt, a pair of Clock Stockings, or red topt Shoes, but every City Prentice must follow us.
1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry III. 151 The red or purple topped, and the large green topped turneps.
1812 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. ii. 418 Red-Topped Parrakeet. Psittacus Verticalis.
1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross li. 372 The red-topped house is neared.
1929 Steven's Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 6 June 8/1 Many hay fields and pasture lands are covered with red topped sorrel.
a1961 E. Hemingway Garden of Eden (1987) iii. xv. 131 He passed the hundred-meter stones and then the first red-topped kilometer marker and then the second.
2003 New Yorker 16 June 55 Red-topped malt-shop tables and banquettes nestle around a bar with a marble soda-fountain countertop.
Compounds
red-topped sage n. an ornamental garden sage, Salvia viridis, with coloured bracts.
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1789 J. Miller Illustr. Sexual Syst. Linnæus II. 39 Red-topped Sage.
1811 D. Hosack Hortus Elginensis (ed. 2) 50 Salvia horminum L., Sage, red topped.
1972 O. Polunin Conc. Flowers of Europe 32 Red-topped Sage..usually obvious by its bright violet or pink tufted top-knot of leafy bracts above the long spike of flowers.
2003 Annuals for Every Garden (Brooklyn Bot. Garden) 88/2 The brightly colored bracts of the red-topped sage are offset remarkably well by silver-leafed plants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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