topgallant-masts

Later on, as the gale slackened, we set our topsails close-reefed, and more ` fore-and-aft 'sail; and, when the sun had got above our foreyard, the commodore ordered the topgallant-masts to be sent up, these having been housed when it came on to blow heavily.

Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy John B. [Illustrator] Greene

Felt perfectly secure at our anchorage, but used the precaution of bending the sheet-cables, sending down yards, and housing topgallant-masts.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

Luckily, I sent down the topgallant-masts yesterday evening, or we'd have had every stick out of her by now: -- they would have been safe to go when the foretop-mast went, if not before.

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

"She's a clipper and no mistake when she has the wind abeam: bears her canvas well, too, for a little un!" he added, with another glance aloft, where the sails could be seen distended to their utmost extent and tugging at the bolt-ropes, while the topgallant-masts were bent almost into a curve with the strain upon them and the stays aft were stretched as tight as fiddle-strings.

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

We also sent down royal and topgallant yards and housed the topgallant-masts, in order that, should it by any chance come on to blow heavily from the westward during our absence the ship might ride the more easily at her anchors.

A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story Harry Collingwood 1886

As soon as she gathered way, her bows began to pay off, and presently she recovered her upright position with a jerk which snapped both her topgallant-masts close off by the caps.

The Voyage of the Aurora Harry Collingwood 1886

The brig was under topgallant-sails, tearing and thrashing through the short choppy sea in a way which sent the spray flying continuously in dense clouds in over her bluff bows, until her decks were mid-leg deep in water, and her stumpy topgallant-masts where whipping about aloft to such an extent that they threatened momentarily to snap off short at the caps.

The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific Harry Collingwood 1886

_Barracouta_ hard and fast upon a sand-bank that lay just off the entrance, with her topgallant-masts struck, and her remaining boats in the water, apparently engaged in the task of lightening her.

The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast Harry Collingwood 1886

She was hove-to on the port tack under a storm-staysail, and her topgallant-masts were down on deck.

For Treasure Bound Harry Collingwood 1886

The topmasts were carried away close to the caps and hung over the side, with topgallant-masts, yards, sails, etcetera, still attached, a great tangled mass of wreck.

For Treasure Bound Harry Collingwood 1886