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Definition of Topmen
1. topman [n] - See also: topman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Topmen
Literary usage of Topmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Los Gringos: Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in by Henry Augustus Wise (1849)
"One cold November night, in a hard squall, whilst the topmen were furling the
lofty sails, two men were hurled from the maintop-gallant yard, ..."
2. Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1877)
"When the main-yard and stay-tackles alone are used, as in provisioning ship, the
fore-topmen break out, make up, and stow away the former, ..."
3. The Kedge-anchor, Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Appertaining Tothe Practical by William N. Brady (1882)
"LOOSING AND FURLING. Take the same number of men from each watch, and station
them at the same rope, &c. The topmen are to man their respective yards—hands ..."
4. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1902)
"... and the principal struggle will be to make seamen, topmen, of the apprentices.
Gunnery will receive purely secondary consideration, or be neglected, ..."
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