topgallant : Idioms & Phrases

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fore-topgallant

Fore`-top*gal"lant adjective
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.
Webster 1913

Topgallant breeze

  • a breeze in which the topgallant sails may properly be carried.
Webster 1913

topgallant mast

  • noun a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel
    topgallant.
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topgallant sail

  • noun a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast
    topgallant.
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