Etymograph

English

maintop

From main + top.

A compound of main + top

Middle English mayn

English main

Proto-Germanic *tuppaz ‘braid’

Proto-West Germanic *topp ‘top’

Old English topp ‘top’

Middle English top ‘the peak of a mountain or other landform’

English top

Today it means

noun A platform at the top of a square-rigged vessel's mainmast; used for observation and for the attachment of rigging.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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