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topcastle

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[top-kas-uhl, -kah-suhl] / ˈtɒpˌkæs əl, -ˌkɑ səl /

noun

  1. a large fighting top used in medieval ships.

Etymology

Origin of topcastle

First recorded in 1300–50, topcastle is from the Middle English word top-castel. See top 1, castle

Example Sentences

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"He is brass within, and steel without, With beams on his topcastle strong; And eighteen pieces of ordinance He carries on either side along."

From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Kingsley, Charles

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