There was a similar raised place forward, called the topgallant forecastle. From Wordnik.com. [Peter the Whaler] Reference
Away aloft there, and shake out the topgallant sails!. From Wordnik.com. [Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek] Reference
The chills make him shake like a topgallant in a gale. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
The lookout at the fore-topgallant masthead was hailing. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
"All hands to loose topgallant sails," I heard the captain call. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario High School Reader] Reference
After the next shot, the topgallant yard swayed for a few minutes and fell forward. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
Spanish colours and having the standard of Spain flying at the topgallant masthead. From Wordnik.com. [Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced] Reference
The topgallant masts were being sent up, topsails were being set, staysails got in. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
The Pucelle's fore topgallant sail collapsed, the chains holding the yard shot through. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Trafalgar]
In the same manner, the two topgallant sails gave way, though they were not half worn out. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook] Reference
Eric sawed off a spare topgallant mast that was amongst the old spars the skipper gave them. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
Her main topgallant mast was also gone at the cross-trees, but the maintopsail held strongly. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"] Reference
I could see the "doctor's" face above the topgallant rail forward and that of Chips in the waist. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"] Reference
At seven o'clock we took in all studding-sails and staysails, and the fore and mizzen topgallant-sails. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutineers] Reference
In the meanwhile, the poor wretch was hanging to the topgallant yard, expecting every moment to be his last. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 17, 1891] Reference
The brig appeared to be leaving us either by towing or by sweeps; only her topgallant sail was above the horizon. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
He had picked up some of the names, but he had no idea which sail the mizzen skysail was, nor the fore topgallant. From Wordnik.com. [Wellspring of Chaos]
` Let 'em take their payment out of the fore tops'l, and the main topgallant s'l shall be witness to the bargain! '. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
So we climbed up to the cap of the topgallant-mast in company; but, as far apart as the poles, though so close together. From Wordnik.com. [Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy] Reference
The heat drove them to the topgallant forecastle and in a few minutes we could see all standing there near the windlass. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"] Reference
Hornblower could savour the pleasure of being afloat, as the hands raced to set the topgallant sails and then the courses. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
We then passed between the Traps, which the captain saw distinctly, one on each side of him, from the main topgallant yard. From Wordnik.com. [A First Year in Canterbury Settlement] Reference
The foretop and topgallant – mast came down with a run and hung in wreckage on the fore – mast, with the foreyard vertical. From Wordnik.com. [South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917] Reference
Since the ship had long royal poles on her topgallant masts it is highly probable she crossed royal yards, like the later packet ships. From Wordnik.com. [The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80] Reference
I tried to make my way aft again to help, for I saw it was about our only hope, and started to crawl along the weather topgallant rail. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"] Reference
In a twinkling the square foresail -- topgallant -- royal and studding-sail haulyards, were let go on board the schooner, as if to round to. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
Felt perfectly secure at our anchorage, but used the precaution of bending the sheet-cables, sending down yards, and housing topgallant-masts. From Wordnik.com. [Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas] Reference
I had got to the topgallant masthead, the yard was well down by the lifts and steadied by the braces, but the clews were not hauled chock up to the blocks. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutineers] Reference
At eight minutes the gaff and main-topgallant-mast came down, and at twenty minutes from the beginning of the action, every brace and most of the rigging was shot away. From Wordnik.com. [The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876] Reference
The part of the topgallantmast above the topgallant-rigging is called the royal-mast or royal-pole, and the continuation above the royal-rigging, if any, is the skysail-pole. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891] Reference
The crosstrees are fitted with outriggers pointing outward aft to enable the topgallant-backstays to give a better support to the topgallantmast than they otherwise would do. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891] Reference
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