topsails

Pamperos happen quickly here, and though the Elsinore, under bare poles to her upper-topsails, is prepared for anything, it may well be that they will be crowding on canvas in another hour.

CHAPTER XXIX 2010

Pamperos happen quickly here, and though the Elsinore, under bare poles to her upper-topsails, is prepared for anything, it may well be that they will be crowding on canvas in another hour.

Chapter 29 1914

Far, far beyond the topsails was a faint blue line on the horizon, the bold coast of Southern Portugal.

Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962

The topsails were the chief battle sails, because the largest, except the courses, and more manageable than the courses.

The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence 1877

"That ship," said a quartermaster with a big red face -- "that ship will have to depend more on her masts than her engine, and the topsails are the biggest because the others will be often useless.

The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Jules Verne 1866

"topsails" is shown by the fact that the "top-saile halliards" were pitched over board with John Howland, and saved his life.

The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete Azel Ames 1876

“Better get in those topsails, Mr. Van Weyden,” Wolf

Chapter 19 2010

There was no pulling and hauling on sheets and tackles, no shifting of topsails, no work at all for the sailors to do except to steer.

Chapter 7 2010

At noon we picked up a ship ahead, a lime-juicer, travelling in the same direction, under lower-topsails and one upper-topsail.

CHAPTER XL 2010

The only sail she carried was three upper-topsails.

CHAPTER XXX 2010