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topgallant sail - a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast

sail, canvass, canvas, sheet - a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

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The true way to walk aft is to begin forrard; tho’f it he only in a humble way, like myself, d’ye see, which was from being only a hander of topgallant sails, and a stower of the flying-jib, to keeping the key of the captain’s locker.”

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A cannonball from Tripoli's battery left the Intrepid's topgallant sail in tatters; Decatur ordered two small boats with sweeps (oars) lowered, and the men rowed for their lives, towing the unsailable Intrepid behind them, to rendezvous with the Siren.

To the shores of Tripoli: long before the term "state-sponsored terrorism" was coined, the Barbary pirates took hostages and exacted tribute from nations around the world, including the United States

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