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Definition of Topgallant mast
1. Noun. A mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Topgallant Mast
Literary usage of Topgallant mast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1856)
"St. Clair River ; which shivered topgallant-mast. 6th. British brig Faithful, in
the Bay of Tampico, Mexico ; set on fire, and burnt to the water's edge. ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1856)
"Ship Adelaide, at sea, near Gibraltar ; which shivered maintop-mast and
topgallant-mast. October 4th. The Mary Hall, in the Victoria Dock, ..."
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 Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"To send down a topgallant mast.—Hook the top-block to the eye- bolt at the larboard
side of the topmast cap ; reeve the mast-rope through it, then through ..."
5. Thirty Years' View: Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1858)
"Presently he rose to view, descended on the after side to the topgallant-mast
cap, and began to examine with coolness to see what was VOL. II. ..."
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