Definition of Topgallants. Meaning of Topgallants. Synonyms of Topgallants

- On a square rigged sailing vessel, a topgallant sail (topgallant alone pronounced "t'gallant", topgallant sail pronounced "t'garns'l", is the square-rigged...
- Topgallant may refer to: Topgallant sail Topgallant mast Topgallant Islands, an island group in South Australia This disambiguation page lists articles...
- called masts). From lowest to highest, these were called: lower, top, topgallant, and royal masts. Giving the lower sections sufficient thickness necessitated...
- ship-rigged, with each mast stepped in three segments: lower, top, and topgallant. Other large, multi-masted sailing vessels may be regarded as "ships"...
- Topgallant Islands is an island group in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Investigator Group about 22 kilometres (14 miles) south...
- schooner also has a square topsail on the foremast, to which may be added a topgallant. Differing definitions leave uncertain whether the addition of a fore...
- fore-and-aft mainsail (a gaff sail) and square topsails and possibly topgallant sails. The brigantine was the second-most po****r rig for ships built...
- Today the first three masts are rigged with double top-sails, single topgallants, royals and a main skysail. Rafael Trujillo, ruler of the Dominican Republic...
- runs forward and downwards from the top of the mizzen topgallant mast is the mizzen topgallant staysail. If two staysails are hoisted to different points...
- three sections; the forward two square rigged with mainsail, topsail and topgallants; and the aft two carrying five lateen sails between them. This allowed...