jacktop
English
Etymology
jack + top
Noun
jacktop (plural jacktops)
- The top of a jack.
- 1952, The Radio Amateur's Handbook - Volume 29, page 329:
- The links should be provided with flexible leads which can be plugged into a pair of jacktop insulators mounted near the coil jack strip.
- 1960, Laboratory Practice, page 259:
- For general laboratory use output may be taken from four insulated jacktop terminals on standard 3 in. spacing mounted on the front.
- 1989, Piano Technician's Journal - Volume 32, page 5:
- A small butterfly spring between the side of the jacktop and the hammer butt replaces the familiar spring under the jack heel.