fore-topgallant
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of fore-topgallant
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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A fore-topgallant studding-sail had been hauled on board the raft, and this set on a spar served them as a sail.
From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor
Just then, as I was looking aloft, I saw a bird pitch on the fore-topgallant yard-arm.
From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Pearse, Alfred
When we came down off the yards, we saw that she had shortened sail, but not before she also had carried away her fore-topgallant mast.
From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Webb, Archibald
Seamen of doubtful ability swarmed aloft and started unfurling the upper canvas; three reached the fore-topgallant yard and went out on the footrope with clumsy feet.
From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry
Saying this he sprung into the rigging and ascended to the fore-topgallant mast-head.
From Mark Seaworth by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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