Definition of "sugar-loaf" [sugar-loaf]

• A conical block of refined sugar, the form in which it was traditionally exported from the Caribbean and Brazil from the 17th century to the 19th century. (noun)

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• "Mr. Anderson and I ascended the top of one of the hills, which from the amazing fine prospect all round, I have named Panorama Hill; it has a sugar-loaf looking top, with a number of wolf-holes in it."
• "They sailed north with the prevailing winds to the latitude of Bermuda about 32 degrees, then east at about 39 degrees to the Azores, with their high sugar-loaf peaks that are visible for many miles at sea."
• "In modern Egypt the term is applied to the tall sugar-loaf caps of felt affected mostly by regular Dervishes."