main-topgallant

As these are all King's ships, commissioned and paid by him, there is usually one of the captains who is styled the "General," and who carries the royal standard of Spain at the main-topgallant masthead.

Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced Richard Walter

Jane_, as the fore-topmast had soon snapped off sharp at the cap like a carrot, bringing with it, of course, the fore-topgallant mast as well, and the main-topgallant mast, with their respective yards and other spars, and the jib-boom as well.

Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek

Between whiles, and all the while, he gauged the gusts, and ever his eyes lifted to the main-topgallant - yard.

Chapter 38 1914

"Smoke ho!" would be called from the main-topgallant cross-tree.

Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray William Charles Henry Wood 1905

As a last resource the foremast and main-topgallant mast were cut away, but without any beneficial effect, and the ship remained

Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty Allen Johnson 1900

Stripes streaming from the mizzen peak and main-topgallant mast, and a

The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 Ralph Delahaye Paine 1898

The boy stood on the lee side of the poop, and was looking over the side at the wreck of the fore-topgallant mast, which was still attached to the ship by the stay and braces of the yard, the men not yet having time to cut it adrift -- all hands being busy in doing what was possible to save the main-topgallant mast, that had begun to show signs of giving way.

The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land 1887

She was all alone with her thoughts, Frank Harness being away forwards attending to the cutting out of a new main-topgallant sail to replace the one they had lost in the storm, the one they were now using being old and unable to stand any further rough usage.

The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land 1887

So far as I could perceive, the hull is as sound and tight as ever it was, and, by the way she floats, I do not believe she has very much water in her; and with regard to her spars, her fore and main-topgallant masts are snapped off short by the caps, which appears to be about all the damage done in that direction.

The Missing Merchantman Harry Collingwood 1886

_Umhloti_ was to clear away and send down on deck the wreck of the fore and main-topgallant masts, with all attached, a couple of hands being at the same time deputed to give the store-room an overhaul to ascertain whether the contents had been damaged or not by water.

The Missing Merchantman Harry Collingwood 1886