main-topgallant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of main-topgallant
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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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 Forestier, A.
The foremast is sprung, the main-topgallant mast is gone, and the mizzen has been snapped off close by the deck.
From The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
The main-topgallant mast had been carried clean away.
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by Barnes, James
She was on the larboard tack, under courses, topsails, and main-topgallant sail, heading as if to cross my bows.
From The Frozen Pirate by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)
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 Freneau, Philip
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