main-topgallant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of main-topgallant
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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I see that the barometer is inclined to rise; we will, therefore, shake the reef out of the topsails, and set the fore and main-topgallant sails.
From A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy by Edward S. Hodgson
“The main-topgallant clewline,” I answered, casting my eye aloft to note the “lead” of the rope.
From The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron by J. Schonberg
As these are all King's ships, commissioned and paid by him, there is usually one of the captains who is styled the "General," and who carries the royal standard of Spain at the main-topgallant masthead.
From Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced by H. W. Household
"Smoke ho!" would be called from the main-topgallant cross-tree.
From Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray by William Charles Henry Wood
As it was blowing heavily towards night, the fore-topmast of the Trumbull was carried away by a squall, bringing down with it, on deck, the main-topgallant mast.
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Philip Freneau
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