topgallant
Britishnoun
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Also called: topgallant mast. a mast on a square-rigger above a topmast or an extension of a topmast
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Also called: topgallant sail. a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast
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(modifier) of or relating to a topgallant
Etymology
Origin of topgallant
C16: from top 1 + gallant
Example Sentences
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Like acrobats, the crew scurried up the masts to the upper topgallant sails that rose nearly 200 feet above us.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2024
A tall-masted brig, with royal and topgallant sails drawing full, was retreating in the distance.
From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
The lower, topmast, topgallant, and royal studding-sails were thrown out, and hand over hand she overhauled them.
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by Barnes, James
"Have the drummer beat to quarters, Mr. Biddle, as soon as you get down the topgallant yard and shorten sail."
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by Barnes, James
In the midst of our apparent confusion, the yards of the Dolphin were quietly drawn forward to starboard, and the men and passengers stationed at the topgallant and royal halyards, and royal sheets.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
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