fore-topgallantadj.
/ˌfɔːtɒpˈɡalənt/, /ˌfɔːtɒpˈɡaln̩t/, U.S. /ˌfɔrˌtɑpˈɡælənt/ Nautical.
Used in compounds. fore-topgallant-mast n. the mast above the fore-topmast; hence with sense of ‘of or belonging to the fore-topgallant-mast’, as fore-topgallant-masthead, fore-topgallant-sail, fore-topgallant-sail-yard, fore-topgallant-stay, fore-topgallant-yard, fore-topgallant-yardarm.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > yard > yards on foremast
fore-topgallant-sail-yard1626
fore-yard1627
driver yard1757
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > topgallant mast > fore-topgallant-mast
fore-topgallant-mast1626
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > topgallant sail(s) > on specific mast
main-topgallant-sail1588
fore-topgallant-sail1669
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > fixed rigging > stay > specific
head ropec1295
fore-stay1373
mainstay1485
sheep's feet1530
forehand1609
backstay1626
jib-stay1752
bobstay1759
breast backstay1769
sciatic stay1794
fore-topgallant-stay1805
funnel-stays1846
belly-stay-
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > topgallant mast > fore-topgallant-mast > top of
foretop1800
fore-topgallant-masthead1844
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 12 The fore top gallant mast, the fore top gallant sayle yeard.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. 16 Take in your Main and Fore-top~gallant-sails.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 138 And the next Day got up the Fore-top-gallant-mast and Yard.
1805 Ld. Nelson Let. 10 Oct. in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. 104 A Union Jack is to be suspended from the fore top-gallant stay.
1825 H. B. Gascoigne Path to Naval Fame 119 The fore-top gallant yard Is torn away.
1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 35 The flag of the Lord High Admiral [shall be hoisted] at the fore-top-gallant-mast-head.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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