Top`gal"lant, n. 1.
(Naut.) A topgallant mast or sail.
2. Fig.: Anything elevated or splendid.
Bacon.
Top`gal"lant (?), a.
1. (Naut.) Situated above the topmast and
below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order
from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like.
See Illustration of Ship.
2. Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid. "The
consciences of topgallant sparks." L'Estrange.
Topgallant breeze, a breeze in which the
topgallant sails may properly be carried.