main-topgallant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of main-topgallant
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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We had kept up so hot a fire on the first ship which had attacked us, that we had at length knocked away her main-topgallant mast and had done considerable damage to her rigging.
From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Archibald Webb
So Billy went up to the main-topgallant mast, And down he fell on his bended knee.
From Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library by Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) Burt
You come up with me and we’ll go right up to the main-topgallant cross-trees to-morrow.
From Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle by A. Forestier
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
"We had better get up the main-topgallant sail, Brown, and run up to her," Bob said.
From Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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