Hypertext Webster Gateway: "topgallant"
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) 1.7 (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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