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Definition of Topgallant
1. Noun. A sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast.
2. Noun. A mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel.
Definition of Topgallant
1. a. 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.
2. n. A topgallant mast or sail.
Definition of Topgallant
1. Adjective. (nautical) Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast. ¹
2. Adjective. Of the most superior quality; the best of its kind. ¹
3. Noun. (nautical) The sail suspended from the topmost section of a mast; topgallant sail. ¹
4. Noun. (nautical) The topmost section of a mast; topgallant mast. ¹
5. Noun. Anything elevated or splendid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Topgallant
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Topgallant
Literary usage of Topgallant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Pressure from behind is met by the backstays, which connect the topmasts and
topgallant masts with the sides of the vessel. Lateral pressure is met by the ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Pressure from behind is met by the backstays, which connect the topmasts and
topgallant masts with the sides of the vessel. Lateral pressure is met by the ..."
3. The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Common Things by John Denison Champlin (1884)
"of the lower part, the main-topmast, the main-topgallant-mast, and the
main-royal-mast ; and the mizzen- mast of the lower part, the mizzen- topmast, ..."
4. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
""Sway away"—let the masts wait for each other, after placing the topgallant
rigging, so that they may afterwards ascend uniformly, and be ridded together. ..."
5. The Kedge-anchor, Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Appertaining Tothe Practical by William N. Brady (1882)
""Sway away" —let the masts wait for each other, after placing the topgallant
rigging, so that they may afterwards ascend uniformly, ..."
6. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1868)
"A schooner uses the same sails as a cutter, except that, in one form, ehe carries
a square topsail and topgallant-sail on the foremast. ..."
7. Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping by Herbert B. Mason (1908)
"A spar rigged out on the fore topgallant for the purpose of setting out a ...
The ropes to confine the weather lower corners of the fore topgallant ..."
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