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topgallant mast

noun

Nautical.
  1. a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of topgallant mast1

First recorded in 1505–15
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Example Sentences

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Get down topgallant masts, it will be a bit of exercise for the men; let us have all the steam we can command, and—” “Batten down, sir?”

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Royal masts, and topgallant masts and yards had from the first been struck, top masts were housed,—still frantically onward flew the ship, scudding under bare poles.

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Nothing but the topgallant masts of the Vixen showed above the water, as she had sunk during the night.

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The topgallant masts were sent up with their yards and sails, and by dinner-time the Flying Scud looked more like herself.

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“We have a spare topmast and topgallant mast, Captain Weber; but I have been rummaging over the spars, and can find nothing that will do for the main-topgallant mast.”

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