top loader

or top-load·er


noun

a machine or appliance, as a washing machine, loaded and unloaded through an opening in the top (distinguished from front loader).

Origin of top loader

First recorded in 1965–70

Example sentences from the Web for top loader

  • The sky-hooker, or top-loader, who was exceptionally87 profane, was at his post on the top of the car.

    The Lumberjack Sky Pilot |Thomas D. Whittles