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A mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel
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topgallant
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Topgallant \Top`gal"lant\, a. (Naut.) Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship . Fig.: Highest; ...
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Topgallant may refer to: Topgallant sail Topgallant mast
Wiktionary
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a. 1 (context nautical English) Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast. 2 Of the most superior quality; the best of its kind. n. 1 (context nautical English) The sail suspended from the topmost section of a mast; topgallant sail. 2 (context ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast [syn: topgallant sail ] a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel [syn: topgallant mast ]
Usage examples of topgallant.
Shelmerston, could not only recognize the ship but also see the great silver-gilt candlestick taken from a pirate in the Great South Sea and now hoisted to her main topgallant masthead: what was amiss?
West Indies spit-and-polish captains he thinks that if he can drive his people so hard that they are able to shift topgallant masts in thirteen minutes and make all the brass shine like gold day and night they must necessarily beat any of the heavy Americans, to say nothing of the Frenchmen.
Though of course one might catch the odd glimpse of mountains from the topgallant crosstrees from time to time.
Slinging his telescope and changing the arm that held him to the topgallant shrouds, he pivoted to scan the south-west ocean.
Only one seaman was presented to him for discipline, and that was for doing a jig on the end of the fore topgallant yardarm during a squall.
Charles said to Bevan as they were standing on the quarterdeck, watching the topmen high in the topgallant yards practicing reefing the stiff new canvas.
The topgallant mast snapped at its cap and came twisting down with its yard, through the stays and shrouds to land almost gently on the deck.
Then came the day when the fore and mainyard were swayed up and crossed, followed by the topsail and topgallant yards.
He then went down into the sail-room to get some canvas, a new topgallant sail which was there, and a palm and needles with twine.
I ran up the rigging like a cat, and went out at the topgallant yard-arm.
He growled and grumbled to himself as he watched the distant vessel, whose topsail, topgallant sail and royal were now visible from the deck of the Olive Branch, though the sails and yards and masts wavered and quivered in the heat, almost like reflections dimly seen in agitated water.
At last the main topgallant sail and royal bellied a little, then slapped the mast.
The topgallant sail and royal filled again, and the topsail and the huge course seemed to come to life.
It was a good idea she had, sending down the topgallant sails and royals, so that we are sure to see any dangerous craft before we can be seen ourselves.
They heave-to at night, most of them send down their royal and topgallant yards and masts, even whereas we crack on.