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round top

n
(Nautical Terms) a platform round the masthead of a sailing ship
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Noun1.round top - a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performanceround top - a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance; "he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent"; "they had the big top up in less than an hour"
canvas tent, canvass, canvas - a tent made of canvas fabric
circus - an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent; "they used the elephants to help put up the circus"
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With the round top of an inkstand and two broken bits of sealing-wax he is silently and slowly working out whatever train of indecision is in his mind.
It was a sort of tripod supporting a large disk like the round top of a table tipped sideways, and it was not until they had dropped on to the lawn and walked across to look at it that March realized that it was a target.
The qualifying round top seed Cisovska downed Jenna de Falco of the United States, 7-5, 6-3, to advance.
The Blue Eagles, who missed the Finals last year, started flat but were able to get their game going behind elimination round top goalscorer Jarvey Gayoso to become the No.
In the opening match of the first round top seeded Zahir Shah recorded victory against Waqar Mehboob of ZTBL in a marathon five sets battle, the score was 6-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-8 and 12-10.
As treasured icons of Mississippi history, the Mendenhall Hotel and Round Top Restaurant faithfully served locals and travelers from 1915 to 2001.
When Jackie Sacks started working at Round Top Mercantile in Round Top, Texas, as a teenager, she never anticipated she would eventually become co-owner of the business.
It was a sobering experience to stand on Little Round Top and look out onto one of the Civil War's largest battlegrounds.
I can see his hairy neck, and the shiny round top of his head, and I can see his stubby hands and they're He's just doing a crossword.
Chamberlain at Little Round Top during Gettysburg, Rudy Giuliani during 9/11, and Ray Nagin during Hurricane Katrina); and adaptable military leadership methods!
Aberdeen ace Ramsay seized the clubhouse lead with a five-under 67 at the World Tour Championship yesterday before McIlroy and fellow Irishman Shane Lowry finished the first round top of the board with 66s.