Get to know Topgallant better with 2 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like sail or canvas.
Topgallant in a sentence
Topgallant meaning
- Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast.
- Of the most superior quality; the best of its kind.
Using Topgallant
- The main meaning on this page is: Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast. | Of the most superior quality; the best of its kind.
- Useful related words include: topgallant sail, sail, canvas, canvass.
Context around Topgallant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Topgallant
- In this selection, "topgallant" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, topsail, fore, royal and sail stand out and add context to how "topgallant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include course topsail topgallant royal and and the fore topgallant sail. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "topgallant" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with topgallant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thus the sail second up the mizzen-mast is the "mizzen topsail", and the third sail up the fore-mast is the "fore topgallant sail". (25 words)
On a three-masted vessel the masts are, from bow to stern, Fore, Main and Mizzen; the "plain" square sails are, bottom to top, Course, Topsail, Topgallant, Royal and Sky. (30 words)
On a three-masted vessel the masts are, from bow to stern, Fore, Main and Mizzen; the "plain" square sails are, bottom to top, Course, Topsail, Topgallant, Royal and Sky. (30 words)
Thus the sail second up the mizzen-mast is the "mizzen topsail", and the third sail up the fore-mast is the "fore topgallant sail". (25 words)
Example sentences (2)
On a three-masted vessel the masts are, from bow to stern, Fore, Main and Mizzen; the "plain" square sails are, bottom to top, Course, Topsail, Topgallant, Royal and Sky.
Thus the sail second up the mizzen-mast is the "mizzen topsail", and the third sail up the fore-mast is the "fore topgallant sail".