Obs. Also 5 toppe. [a. MLG., MFl. toppe, top (14–15th c.) basket (as a measure of raisins, figs, etc.): cf. MLG. top basket, as a measure of grapes (Walther-Lubben), MDu. top-kine (c. 1334), toppen (1486), top van vijghen basket of figs (Kilian); OF. (Picard) toppe (cf. trois toppes ou vaisseaulx). See also TOPPET2 and cf. TAP sb.3, topnet, TAPNET.] A basket, as a measure of grapes or figs.

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1440–1.  Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 78. It. in ij sorttes ficuum et racemorum magnorum cum viij toppes racemorum magnorum.

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1530–1.  Durham Househ. Bk. (Surtees), 44. 7 fraylls ficuum et 1 tope racemorum magnorum.

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