mizzen topgallantn.
/ˌmɪzn tɒpˈɡalnt/, /ˌmɪzn təˈɡalnt/, U.S. /ˌmɪz(ə)n ˌtɑpˈɡæl(ə)nt/, /ˌmɪz(ə)n təˈɡæl(ə)nt/ Nautical.
A topgallant situated just above the head of the mizzen-topmast. Chiefly attributive, esp. in mizzen topgallant mast n. the mast above the mizzen-topmast.
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mizzen topgallant mast1914
1698 in MSS Ho. Lords (1905) New Ser. III. 34 The..rope was expended..for mizen top gallant mast and spritsail top gallant mast.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxii. 220 From the fore top-gallant yard, the men slid down the stay to furl the jib, and from the mizen top-gallant yard, by the stay into the maintop.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxi. 374 It was nothing but ‘haul down and clew up’, until we got all the studding-sails in,..and mizen top-gallant sail furled, and the ship kept off a little to take the squall.
1864 Chambers's Encycl. (at cited word) Above it [sc. the mizzen-mast], are the mizen-topmast, the mizen-top-gallant-mast, and the mizen-royal.
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vii. 215 When she is immediately to hoist her ensign at the mizen top-gallant mast-head.
1914 Ld. C. Beresford Mem. I. iii. 13 The mizentopmen worked the mizentopsail, mizentopgallant and mizen-royal yards, and mizentopgallantmast.
1980 P. O'Brian Surgeon's Mate vii. 195 Awkward Moses dropped the mizen topgallantmast fid just between his feet.
2000 Daily News (Nexis) 5 July 40 They know a flying jib from a mizzen topgallant staysail, a barquentine from a brig.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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