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Definition of Top brass
1. Noun. The most important persons in a governing body.
Definition of Top brass
1. Noun. (idiomatic colloquial) A group of people who are the leaders or heads of an organization. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Top Brass
Literary usage of Top brass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice of Lubrication: An Engineering Treatise on the Origin, Nature by Thomas Christian Thomsen (1920)
"Railway axle-boxes, for example, have only a top brass, the pressure being directed
upward, and below the journal is a cellar, holding a pad oiler or waste ..."
2. The Practice of Lubrication: An Engineering Treatise on the Origin, Nature by Thomas Christian Thomsen (1920)
"... say the lower one, as in many bearings, the top half of the bearing need not
be very strong nor does the top brass need to fit the journal closely; ..."
3. The Marine Steam Engine: A Treatise for Engineering Students, Young by Richard Sennett, Henry John Oram (1913)
"uid the outside or top brass are removed the back or bottom brass may be taken
out by ... The top brass B has a flat back on which bears a simple cap D, ..."
4. The Marine Steam Engine: A Treatise for Engineering Students, Young by Richard Sennett (1902)
"To effect this the back or bottom brasses are usually made concentric with the
shaft, so that when the cap, and the outside or top brass are removed the ..."
5. The Complete Practical Machinist: Embracing Lathe Work, Vise Work, Drills by Joshua Rose (1876)
"The top brass must be fitted to the strap while the bottom brass is in its ...
While fitting the top brass, it is necessary to try the strap on the rod end ..."
6. Engine-room Practice: A Handbook for the Royal Navy and Mercantile Marine by John G. Liversidge (1906)
"The cap and lower brass can be dropped without difficulty into the fork of the
connecting-rod. To remove the top brass turn the ..."
7. The Complete Practical Machinist: Embracing Lathe Work, Vise Work, Drills by Joshua Rose (1885)
"The top brass must be fitted to the strap while the bottom brass is in its ...
While fitting the top brass, it is necessary to try the strap on the rod end ..."
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