Obs. rare. Also 6 culme. [Shortened f. CULMEN.] The highest point, summit, culminating point.
1587. Misfort. Arthur, III. iv. in Hazl., Dodsley, IV. 313. Who strives to stand … On giddy top and culm of slippery court.
1600. Hakluyt, Voy. (1810), III. 194. The mountaines are … seldome uncovered of snow, in their culme and highest tops.
1821. Tales of my Landlord (New Ser.), Witch of Glas Llyn, II. 146. Three times will they be raised against his life. At the third his star will have reached its culm.
