Topgallant: alternatives and connections

In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.

To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards.

Any system of braces; braces, collectively; as, the bracing of a truss.

An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).

A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred…

A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be…

A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.

To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.

One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-paw…

To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to th…

Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.

The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship.

Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vesse…

A topmast arranged with metal bands so that it will readily slide up and down the lower mast.

A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).

The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.

That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.

A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also ja…