hilltop

[hil-top]

noun

1. the top or summit of a hill.

verb (used without object)

hilltopped, hilltopping 

1. Fox Hunting.

   1. to follow the progress of a hunt on horseback but without jumping.

   2. to follow the hunt on foot or in an automobile.

Other Word Forms

• hilltopper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hilltop¹

1375–1425; late Middle English. See hill, top ¹

Example Sentences

More than a thousand years later, villagers from Murohama knew to avoid the hilltop with the shrine and evacuated to a spot farther inland.

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Conversely, the parcels that hold the highest value for parkland and, not coincidentally, the highest potential for privately financed development of hilltop homes, are owned by private individuals and family trusts.

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A sniper was firing a .50-caliber weapon, capable of taking down a helicopter, from a hilltop lookout.

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The noises grew louder, and the fog lifted, and when Roz reached the hilltop, she looked down the other side at a beach that was packed with giant creatures.

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The hilltop area at the center of the site also includes stone enclosures and carved rock features that appear to have had ceremonial purposes.

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Related Words

• bluff 
• cliff 
• dune 
• highland 
• hillside 
• ridge 
• slope