topgallantmast

In a man-of-war, too, the topgallant-rigging is never rattled down, as a Jacob's ladder leads from the topgallantmast-head down to the crosstrees; but this Jacob's ladder arrangement is found in many clippers.

Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Various

Working from the deck upward, the clipper we show is flying her mizzen staysail, her mizzen topmast staysail, her mizzen topgallantmast staysail and her mizzen royal staysail; and she has a similar series off the main.

Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Various

The part of the topgallantmast above the topgallant-rigging is called the royal-mast or royal-pole, and the continuation above the royal-rigging, if any, is the skysail-pole.

Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Various

The jibboom and flying-jibboom are generally in one spar, as are the topgallantmast, royal-pole and skysail-pole, but sometimes they are fitted into each other on much the same principle as a fishing-rod, and in some of the newer ships, bowsprit, jibboom and flying-jibboom are all one steel spar.

Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Various

The crosstrees are fitted with outriggers pointing outward aft to enable the topgallant-backstays to give a better support to the topgallantmast than they otherwise would do.

Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Various

'That main-topgallantmast going down that hatch has punched a hole or started a butt.'

The Grain Ship Morgan Robertson 1888

Another shell, and the jib-boom hangs dragging under the bows; the fore topgallantmast is carried away.

Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 Henry James 1879

Our brig was the _Venus_, of Rye, a stump topgallantmast coaster, eighty years old.

The Honour of the Flag 1877

I knew her by her short fore-topgallantmast, by her chequered band, and by other signs clear to a sailor's eye, and the three of us sent up a shout of delight, for it was like stumbling upon one's very home, as it were, after having been all night lost amidst the blackness and snow of the country where one's house stands.

The Honour of the Flag 1877