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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɒpˈɡælənt/, /təˈɡælənt/
Adjective
topgallant (comparative more topgallant, superlative most topgallant)
- (nautical) Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast.
the topgallant yards, braces, etc.
- Of the most superior quality; the best of its kind.
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: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.
Noun
topgallant (plural topgallants)
- (nautical) The sail suspended from the topmost section of a mast.
- (nautical) The topmost section of a mast; topgallant mast.
- Anything elevated or splendid.
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