The top of a tree; the uppermost branches of a tree.
1530. Palsgr. 333/1. Housetoppe or treetoppe.
1620. Middleton, Chaste Maid, III. iii. Perch at tree-top, And shake the golden fruit into hir lap.
1796. Mother Goose’s Melody, 15. Hush-a-by, baby On the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock.
1821. Clare, Vill. Minstr., etc. (1823), I. 73. The sun each tree top mounted o’er.
1904. R. Bridges, Demeter, 318. As the light clouds fly O’er the tree-tops high.
