topgallant

"Why don't he shinny on up that topgallant and push the royal over?"

The foretopsail and topgallant were being hoisted up from the sail room.

And a hint of white above: the mizen topgallant.

We'll start off with a backed topsail: that may be enough, with the topgallant.

All from topgallant and stay; and a couple more jacks on the yard.'

All of the jib's stays meet the foremast just above the fore topgallant.

A royal is a small sail flown immediately above the topgallant on square rigged sailing ships.

"Backed forecourse, topsail and topgallant should swing the bow off.

Rigged with royal sails, single topgallant and split top-sails.

Fore topgallant badly chafed, sent down and replaced.

The first lieutenant gave a sequence of similar orders and the topgallant was let fall and sheeted a'back.

Lower topgallant sail, if fitted.

Luff the mainsail, take the tiller, the topgallant, whatever you like, curse you, it's blowing up!

Without our mizzen topgallant, those accursed sloops will catch us by noon tomorrow, evening if we manage the sails well."

He had picked up some of the names, but he had no idea which sail the mizzen skysail was, nor the fore topgallant.

"Topgallant, if you please Mr Aitken."

Tom, I believe we must use the spare stump topgallant for ordinary cruising: we can always sway this one up for a determined chase.'

Topgallant Island, 6 km to the east of Flinders, is a small island with steep cliffs and some stunted shrubland.

Each consists of a steel lower mast and topmast and timber topgallant and royal mast.

USS Wasp, in another combat, would retain control despite the loss of her gaff, main topmast, and the mizzen topgallant.

And each time Mr. Pike glanced aloft at the naked topgallant- and royal-yards, I knew his thought was that they might well be carrying sail.

From my position by the quarterdeck rail, I watched the mizzentop and main topgallant struck and the remainder of our hamper reefed again and again.

The five masts were fully rigged, with courses, upper and lower topsails, upper and lower topgallant sails, and royals.

At the upper end of the topmast and topgallant, there is a similar situation regarding the next mast up (topgallant and royal respectively).

When he had reached the topgallant, instead of springing lightly on to it, he remained motionless, clinging to the ropes, as if he had been seized with giddiness.