toplining (topli"ning)

Naut.: (a) The lining on the after part of the topsail, to prevent the top-rim from chafing the topsail. ( b ) A platform of thin board nailed upon the upper part of the cro trees on a ve el's top. toploftical (top'loft i-kal), a. [ The ecclesiastical [party] who do the toploftical talking, and make the inflammatory speeches in the Tabernacle. The Congregationalist , Dec. 17, 1879. J. Morley, Burke, p. 120. IMG:content-0597.png:[blocks in formation]