Obs. Also 5 topet, 6 tappet. [Late ME., dim. of toppe, TOP sb.3 basket (of fruit); analogous to MFl. topkin (‘viij topkine rosinen,’ 1334), OF. (Picard) toppequin (15th c. in Godef.). Cf. also TAP sb.3, TAPNET.] = TOP sb.3, TAPNET.

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1481–90.  Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.), 22. There cam from London x. lb. coton & a toppet figges. Ibid., 351. A topet of fygge dodes [see FIG-DOTE].

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1510–1.  Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 290. Et in quinque lez toppettis Racemorum parvorum ad ij s. viij d. Ibid. (1511–2), 291. In 4or le tapettes racemorum magnorum ad 2 s. 8 d., 10 s. 8 d.

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1516.  in Rogers, Agric. & Prices, III. 535/1. [Figs] Toppet.

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