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UK
/tˈɒpsaɪd/
]
NOUN
- (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline
How To Use topside In A Sentence
- Up on deck, she once again caused a work stoppage as the men topside took her in.
- He left the control station and went topside.
- Whether it is shoulders of lamb or topsides of beef, horse, camel or croc, the piling of leeks and cauliflowers in cheesy sauces and roasted vegetables and green things is grandmaternal in generosity and warmth.
- A bit thicker than the advertised cracker-thin, the crust is toasty bottomed and only lightly cornmealy, and there's nary a hint of glueyness topside-the perfect canvas for the ballsy sauce and bubbling cheese, baked to the very brink of browning. Chicago Reader
- The support ships topside kept them apprised of all developments, but the questions that remained was if Seaview could get to them in time and could they affect a rescue even if they did?
- The boat dropped onto her topsides and there was a series of slow clatters and shiftings as everything loose on board moved to port. THE MAIN CAGES
- There is a large saloon and four cabins for the eight guests, beamy decks for relaxing topsides and a good-sized stern dive platform.
- Only Kirk had caught anything big enough to keep -- two plump raylike fish with three eyes topside and two mouths on the bottom -- and he intended to eat them both. Mind Meld
- Finally, he reached the stairs up to the exit; he walked up them speedily and stepped out of the large gray exit door on to the topside deck of the ship.
- I became very attached to the pup after a few days, until the night that Sancho sent me up to the topsides.