1830 Ld. Tennyson Dying Swan in 101 Ever the weary wind went on, And took the reedtops as it went.
1973 S. Lanier iii. 69 There was only the soughing of the night wind in the reed tops.
2001 (Nexis) 1 Nov. 34 The long-billed bird weighs almost nothing, but its endless running up the reeds..and its launching itself from reedtops to hawk flying insects, all must contribute to the decline of the reeds.