top loadingadj.
/ˈtɒp ˌləʊdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtɑp ˌloʊdɪŋ/ Of a machine or appliance (esp. a washing machine): designed to be loaded from the top rather than the front. Cf. top loader n. 2.
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stout1702
multiplying1767
reciprocating1768
locomotive1800
centripetal1835
self-contained1839
uniplane1843
high-speed1844
powered1847
flexible1859
undergrounda1884
chip-proof1901
portable1913
batch1940
closed-loop1958
interactive1967
1948 Portsmouth (Ohio) Times 13 Sept. (Electrical section) ii. 5/1 The Frigidaire automatic washer, one of the latest developed automatic laundry machines, is a top-loading washer.
1956 Life 2 Apr. 63/1 (advt.) [The dishwasher] loads from the top without tiresome bending... Top-loading tub prevents splashing leftover liquids when loading cups and glasses.
1986 Pop. Mech. June 94/1 The VCR and video disc player shelves have slide-out platforms that allow easy access—a convenient feature if you own a top-loading VCR.
2021 Guardian (Nexis) 27 Sept. (Life & Style section) A top-loading washing machine with a middle agitator will damage your fabrics more than a front loader.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).
top loadingn.
/ˈtɒp ˌləʊdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtɑp ˌloʊdɪŋ/ 1. A load placed on top of something else; spec. a lighter cargo loaded on top of a heavier one. Now rare.
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1794 B. Johnston Gen. View Agric. Dumfries 41 When employed in carting corn, hay, straw, or any other light top-loading, a handsome, light, and large frame, called a shelving, much longer and wider than the box, is placed over, and in a very simple and effectual manner fastened to it, upon which the top-loading is built, of sufficient length and breadth.
1810 W. Pitt Gen. View Agric. County Worcester v. 49 Consisting of a bed resembling a small waggon, mounted on four wheels, with poles for harvest, or other top loading mounted on it.
1859 Potter (Coudersport, Pa.) Jrnl. 31 Mar. Add to this about $3,000 of..‘top loading’, (shingles &c.).
1935 Wisconsin Mag. Hist. Sept. 89 On the top were cabins for the crew and a top loading of shingles, lath and pickets.
2. The action of loading something, esp. a machine, from or at the top. Cf. top loader n. 2, top loading adj.
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top loading1857
1857 North Amer. & U.S. Gaz. (Philadelphia) 1 July This practice of top loading is a nuisance of the first order, and gets up a disposition to use profanity in the belated passengers.
1976 CB Mag. June 59/1 (advt.) And top loading eliminates vehicle body obstructions, a common problem for base loaded antennas.
2005 Rubber & Plastics News (Nexis) 7 Mar. 16 KS Series robots are designed for top loading and unloading of injection molding machines.
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