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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOP-BLOCK

n.In ships, a block hung to an eye-bolt in the cap, used in swaying and lowering the top-mast.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TOP-BLOCK

TOP-BLOCK Top "-block `, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast. Totten.