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topgallant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /təˈɡælənt/
  • /tɒpˈɡælənt/

Meanings

  1. 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.
    • The consciences of top-gallant sparks. 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
    • 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. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 9”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

Forms

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more topgallant Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most topgallant Degree=Sup lexicographic

topgallant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /təˈɡælənt/
  • /tɒpˈɡælənt/

Meanings

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

Forms

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topgallants Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

foretopgallant

Translations (5)

ro arboret (topmost mast) · sv bramstång (topmost mast) · tr babafingo (topmost mast) · fi prammitanko (topmost mast) · nrf mât d'pèrrotchet (topmost mast)