Topgallant

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A topgallant mast or sail.

II. Topgallant ·adj Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid.

III. Topgallant ·noun Fig.: Anything elevated or splendid.

IV. Topgallant ·adj 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.

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