topgallant

English

Adjective

topgallant (comparative more topgallant, superlative most topgallant)

1. (nautical) Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast.

   the topgallant yards, braces, etc.

2. 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)

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

Translations

topmost sail

• Finnish: prammipurje
• French: perroquet (fr) m
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• German: Bramsegel n
• Norman: vaile dé pèrrotchet f, pèrrotchet m
• Swedish: bramsegel n

topmost mast

• Finnish: prammitanko (fi)
• Norman: mât d'pèrrotchet m
• Romanian: arboret (ro) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swedish: bramstång c
• Turkish: babafingo (tr)

References

• “topgallant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.