set-top

[ set-top ]

adjective

1. denoting a device designed to sit atop a television and serve as a link to interactive communications systems:

   set-top boxes that allow viewers to order movies on demand.

Word History and Origins

Origin of set-top¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Apple watchers are convinced there will be an announcement about Apple's set-top device, but nothing major.

From The Daily Beast

Next morning, early, I had the watch, and an order was given to set top-gallant studding-sails.

From Project Gutenberg

She had been lying with her mainsail to the mast, but she evidently had made us out, for she filled and set top-gallant sails.

From Project Gutenberg