fore-topgallant

How to use fore-topgallant in a sentence

• "The fore topgallant halliard was not made fast to the cleat, and when it ran out, it jerked her from it," replied the commander.

  Four Young Explorers | Oliver Optic

• There we lay with our fore-topgallant and topsail yards caught in the branches, and our mainsail securely locked.

  The Three Lieutenants | W.H.G. Kingston

• I can just catch sight of her fore-topgallant-mast against the sky, over the trees.

  The Three Lieutenants | W.H.G. Kingston

• We ran up the rigging to the fore-topgallant-yard, and with the aid of two other men let fall the sail which had been furled.

  The Boy who sailed with Blake | W.H.G. Kingston

• Did you see what a mess the —— made of fore-topgallant-yard this morning?

  From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life | Captain A. T. Mahan