topgallant
Britishnoun
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Also called: topgallant mast. a mast on a square-rigger above a topmast or an extension of a topmast
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Also called: topgallant sail. a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast
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(modifier) of or relating to a topgallant
Etymology
Origin of topgallant
C16: from top 1 + gallant
Vocabulary lists containing topgallant
Example Sentences
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Like acrobats, the crew scurried up the masts to the upper topgallant sails that rose nearly 200 feet above us.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
I held on to my topgallant sails, though the masts buckled, and bent as though the sticks would go over the side.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes
The corn is out in topgallant, and if you look from a mountain path into the planted valley, the écru tassels have hidden the lustrous ribbon leaves.
From Minstrel Weather by Marian Storm
"Have the drummer beat to quarters, Mr. Biddle, as soon as you get down the topgallant yard and shorten sail."
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by James Barnes
And then it was Nils Sturika went up the topgallant shrouds by his hands, with the flag in his teeth, and lashed it fast to the pole.
From Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport by Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen
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