topgallant

English

Adjective

topgallant (comparative more topgallant, superlative most topgallant)

(nautical) Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast.
the topgallant yards, braces, etc.
Of the most superior quality; the best of its kind.
- L'Estrange
  The consciences of topgallant sparks.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 9
  Delight, — top-gallant delight is to him, who acknowledges no law or lord, but the Lord his God, and is only a patriot to heaven.

Noun

topgallant (plural topgallants)

(nautical) The sail suspended from the topmost section of a mast.
(nautical) The topmost section of a mast; topgallant mast.
Anything elevated or splendid.

Translations

topmost sail

Finnish: prammipurje
French: perroquet (fr) m

Norman: vaile dé pèrrotchet f, pèrrotchet m
Swedish: bramsegel n

topmost mast

Finnish: prammitanko (fi)
Norman: mât d'pèrrotchet m
Romanian: arboret (ro) m

Swedish: bramstång c
Turkish: babafingo (tr)

References

topgallant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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