TOPGALLANT Definition & Meaning

topgallant

/ ˌtɒpˈɡælənt; təˈɡælənt /

noun

Also calledtopgallant mast a mast on a square-rigger above a topmast or an extension of a topmast
Also calledtopgallant sail a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast
modifier of or relating to a topgallant

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Origin of topgallant¹

C16: from top ¹+ gallant

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Like acrobats, the crew scurried up the masts to the upper topgallant sails that rose nearly 200 feet above us.

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Case shot topgallant yo-ho-ho heave to jolly boat crow’s nest square-rigged.

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Screaming, a seaman plunged from our topgallant, to die on deck while we were outrunning a storm.

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She had been sailing under foresail and mainsail only, but now in frantic haste the crew, in obedience to Biddle's orders, set the topsails and the topgallants.

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The corn is out in topgallant, and if you look from a mountain path into the planted valley, the écru tassels have hidden the lustrous ribbon leaves.

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