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
Vocabulary lists containing topgallant
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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
In the shortest time our royal and topgallant yards were down, the decks cleared of lumber, the native passengers sent below, and five fathoms of cable hove in.
From A Modern Buccaneer by Rolf Boldrewood
"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 James Barnes
I held on to my topgallant sails, though the masts buckled, and bent as though the sticks would go over the side.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes
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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