tope

verb

1. (archaic)To drink excessively; to get drunk.

noun

1. A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout.
2. (India)A grove of trees.

   “1868?, James Grant, First Love and Last Love Concealed among the long rank grass of the mango tope the three lurkers watched the gate of the camp; but though many passcd out and in, the rider on the bay mare was not one of the number.”

   “In addition, a memorandum was kept containing receipts and issues of toddy drawn at a toddy tope.”

3. A mound-like Buddhist sepulchre, or memorial monument, often erected over a relic; a stupa.
4. (India, obsolete)A cannon (weapon).

   “They found him strongly posted near the fortress of Deeg, in the midst of bogs, tanks, and topes, and formidably defended by artillery.”

name

1. A surname.