topgallant-sail

And at this moment the watch swarmed on to the poop to haul on the port-braces of the mizzen-sky-sail, royal and topgallant-sail.

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In our illustration the vessel has set her fore studding-sail, her fore-topmast studding-sail and her fore-topgallant studding-sail -- studding-sail being pronounced stu'nsail, just as topgallant-sail is telescoped into topgantsail.

Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Various

The main-mast was stepped a little abaft the beam, and carried three sails, the main-sail, the main topsail, and a third, the main topgallant-sail.

On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. John Masefield 1922

Presently a canoa or periagua would come round the headland from the sea, under a single sail -- the topgallant-sail of some sunk Spanish ship.

On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. John Masefield 1922

And at this moment the watch swarmed on to the poop to haul on the port-braces of the mizzen-sky-sail, royal and topgallant-sail.

Chapter 26 1914

The man who was taking in the topgallant-sail fell overboard.

Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 Jasper Danckaerts 1898

Whether there were any more we did not know, and as we sailed ahead of them with considerable speed, we could not see whether they fished any one up or not; but the ship sailed before the wind the best she could, when her top-mast went overboard; we took in very quickly our own topgallant-sail, which we had set, but more from precaution than necessity.

Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 Jasper Danckaerts 1898

And at this moment the watch swarmed on to the poop to haul on the port - braces of the mizzen-sky-sail, royal and topgallant-sail.

The Mutiny of the Elsinore Jack London 1896

Suddenly he pulled the lanyard, the gun belched forth a torrent of flame and smoke, and, as I stood looking at the frigate through my own telescope, I saw a small round hole appear in the foot of the fore-topgallant-sail, another moment and the topgallant-mast doubled over and went, hanging down by its rigging, under the lee of the topsail, with the topgallant-sail and royal attached.

The Log of a Privateersman Harry Collingwood 1886

Captain Winter gave orders that our larboard broadside should be carefully levelled and trained upon the lugger's mainmast; and while this was being done she fired her starboard broadside at us, one of the shot from which passed through our mainsail, while another struck our fore-topmast about a foot above the topsail-halliard sheave-hole, bringing down the upper part of the spar and the topgallant-sail.

The Log of a Privateersman Harry Collingwood 1886