topgallant sail

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   a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast

   Synonymstopgallant

   Broadersail

Questions about topgallant sail

What does topgallant sail mean?

topgallant sail means "a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast".

What is another word for topgallant sail?

Close synonyms include topgallant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is topgallant sail a common word?

topgallant sail is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.