Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: topgallant  ,tóp'ga-lunt
  1. A mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel
    "The sailor climbed up to the topgallant mast to adjust the rigging";
    - topgallant mast [archaic]
     
  2. A sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast
    "They unfurled the topgallant sail to catch more wind";
    - topgallant sail [archaic]

Derived forms: topgallants

Type of: canvas, sail, sheet, topmast

Encyclopedia: Topgallant