topgallant sail
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of topgallant sail
First recorded in 1580–90
Example Sentences
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The brig appeared to be leaving us either by towing or by sweeps; only her topgallant sail was above the horizon.
From Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue by Various
The wind veered round to the south-east, and the brig, under her mizensail, brigantine, topsails, and her topgallant sail, sailed up Baffin's Sea.
From The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Verne, Jules
That topgallant sail is drawing, Mr Lowe; cast off the tow-rope, recall the boats, and hoist them in.
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux
The topgallant sail we cut in two diagonally, and thus treated it formed a tolerably serviceable leg-of-mutton sail.
From Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Collingwood, Harry
In a few minutes the schooner, under her mizen, brigantine, topsail, and topgallant sail, loosed from her moorings and made full sail through the straits.
From A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Verne, Jules
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