topgallant mast

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noun Nautical.

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

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Origin of topgallant mast

First recorded in 1505–15

Words nearby topgallant mast

topesthesia, top flight, topfull, topgallant, topgallant forecastle, topgallant mast, topgallant sail, top gear, top grafting, top gun, tophaceous

How to use topgallant mast in a sentence

Bound together by mutual distrust, both sides end up lashing themselves to the mast of rigid law.
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The failure to fly a flag at half mast was widely interpreted as an expression of disrespect.
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Outside, somebody had taken care to lower the flags to half-mast.
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Users include the Singapore navy: What small-warship commander would turn down a 1,000-foot mast?
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When Odysseus journeyed back from Troy, his men tied him to the mast of his ship when the Sirens tempted him to leave it.
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"This organized conspiracy on your part," the capstan gurgled, taking his cue from the mast.
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Here and there, but far away, a mast or sail rose above the level surface of the marsh.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
I also put entirely new spars into her, and there stands her old mast.
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The man was raving mad, and the captain was obliged to have him bound hand and foot, and chained to the mast.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
While it lasted flashes of lightning frequently played around the mast-top, occasioned by electricity.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer