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topgallant |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Topgallant \Top`gal"lant\, n. 1. (Naut.) A topgallant mast or sail. 2. Fig.: Anything elevated or splendid. --Bacon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Topgallant \Top`gal"lant\, a. 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 See Illustration of {Ship}. 2. Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid. ``The consciences of topgallant sparks.'' --L'Estrange. {Topgallant breeze}, a breeze in which the topgallant sails may properly be carried. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: topgallant n 1: a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast [syn: {topgallant sail}] 2: a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel [syn: {topgallant mast}]
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