WordNet
top dressing
n. a layer of fertilizer or manure not plowed in
Usage examples of "top dressing".
The top dressing of the running roots with fine loam either by ploughing as above described, or otherwise, is very essential before winter sets in.
The hens in the next garden: their droppings are very good top dressing.
Ellita had always laughed at the TV commercials of the housewife tests for Stove Top dressing.
The husbands invariably wanted the Stove Top dressing, instead of the mashed potatoes, but Ellita knew that most men would want both--not one or the other.