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Topgallant   Listen
noun
Topgallant  n.  
1.
(Naut.) A topgallant mast or sail.
2.
Fig.: Anything elevated or splendid.


adjective
Topgallant  adj.  
1.
(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.
2.
Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid. "The consciences of topgallant sparks."
Topgallant breeze, a breeze in which the topgallant sails may properly be carried.





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"Topgallant" Quotes from Famous Books



... the ancient way, But downwards, like a cutter's stay - You didn't oughter; Besides, in seizing shrouds on board, Breast backstays you have quite ignored; Great RODNEY kept unto the last Breast backstays on topgallant mast - They ...
— Fifty Bab Ballads • William S. Gilbert
... to the main-topgallant mast, And down he fell on his bended knee. He scarce had come to the Twelfth Commandment When up he ...
— Poems Every Child Should Know - The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library • Various
... on the decks of the Torrens, and the subdued, as if distant, roar of the rising sea. I noted the growing disquiet in the great restlessness of the ocean, and responded professionally to it with the thought that at eight o'clock, in another half hour or so at the farthest, the topgallant sails would have to ...
— A Personal Record • Joseph Conrad
... tail of Ichi's words. A heavy, ominous rumbling came out of the black depths. Martin recalled hearing the same sound the day before, when he was on the topgallant-yard. And suddenly the hard, packed sand began to crawl beneath his feet, things swayed dizzily before his eyes, and a sharp nausea attacked the ...
— Fire Mountain - A Thrilling Sea Story • Norman Springer
... sunshine as they opened the bay and spied two sloops-of-war and a frigate riding at anchor there. Pulling near with the little strength left in them, they could see that the frigate was weighing for sea. She had one anchor lifted and the other chain shortened in: her top-sails and topgallant sails were cast off, ready to cant her at the right moment for hauling in. An officer stood ready by the crew manning the capstan, and right aft two more officers were pacing back and forth with their hands ...
— News from the Duchy • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch


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