hilltop

[hil-top]

noun

the top or summit of a hill.

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verb (used without object), hill·topped, hill·top·ping.

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.

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Origin of hilltop

1375–1425; late Middle English. See hill, top¹

Related formshill·top·per, noun

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Word Origin and History for hilltopper

hilltop

n.

c.1400, from hill + top (n.).

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