fore-topgallant

[ fawr-top-gal-uhnt, fohr-; Nautical fawr-tuh-gal-uhnt, fohr- ]

adjective

being a sail, yard, or rigging belonging to a fore-topgallant mast.

Origin of fore-topgallant

First recorded in 1620–30

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How to use fore-topgallant in a sentence

A terrific storm was experienced off the west coast of Ireland, in which the foretopgallant mast and jibboom were carried away.
Young Lion of the Woods | Thomas Barlow Smith
The truck of the foretopgallant mast was likewise shot away.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders | Ernest Scott
We made a running fight of it, and I brought the rogue's foretopgallant mast down.
A Tale of Two Tunnels | William Clark Russell
Her foretopgallant-sail swelled to its cotton-like hue out of the black shadow of its incurving.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100., Jan. 24, 1891. | Various
Presently a collier named the Fanny, with her foretopgallant-yard gone, passed us.
Heroes of the Goodwin Sands | Thomas Stanley Treanor

British Dictionary definitions for fore-topgallant

fore-topgallant

/ (ˌfɔːtɒpˈɡælənt, nautical ˌfɔːtəˈɡælənt) /

adjective

nautical of, relating to, or being the topmost portion of a foremast, above the topmast: the fore-topgallant mast

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