out-top

out- +‎ top

• IPA^(key): /aʊt tɒp/

out-top (third-person singular simple present out-tops, present participle out-topping, simple past and past participle out-topped)

1. have a top higher than
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, “How My Shore Adventure Began”, in Treasure Island‎^Wikisource:

     Grey-coloured woods covered a large part of the surface. This even tint was indeed broken up by streaks of yellow sand-break in the lower lands, and by many tall trees of the pine family, out-topping the others--some singly, some in clumps....

• opt out, opt-out, puttoo, top out