foretopgallant

Presently a collier named the Fanny, with her foretopgallant-yard gone, passed us.

Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Thomas Stanley Treanor

A terrific storm was experienced off the west coast of Ireland, in which the foretopgallant mast and jibboom were carried away.

Young Lion of the Woods A Story of Early Colonial Days Thomas Barlow Smith

Thus the forestay comes from the foremast-head to the bows; the foretopmast-stay from the foretopmast-head to the bowsprit-head; the foretopgallant-stay from the foretopgallant-rigging to the jibboom-head; and the foreroyal-stay from the top of the royal mast to the end of the flying-jibboom.

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

From the bowsprit-head to the vessel's cutwater runs the bobstay, generally of chain, which takes the pull of the foretopmast-stay; and from the bowsprit-head there hangs the spar known as the dolphin-striker, to give the purchase for continuing the pull of the foretopgallant and foreroyal stays round to the cutwater; so that really all the staying starts from the hull, as does the backstay-staying.

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

These braces come down to the ship's sides, or to the heads of the masts fore and aft of those on which the yard is swung; all the mizzen-braces working on the mainmast; the maintopgallant, mainroyal and skysail braces working on the mizzenmast; and the foretopgallant and foreroyal braces working on the mainmast, as is clearly shown in our illustration.

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

The truck of the foretopgallant mast was likewise shot away.

The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914

Our ship lay anchored off Curaçoa, and one morning whilst hoisting the foretopgallant mast, the mast 'rope entwined round the foot of a seaman, causing him to fall from the topsail yard to the topgallant forecastle.

From Lower Deck to Pulpit Henry Cowling 1909

The truck of the foretopgallant mast was likewise shot away.

The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Ernest Scott 1903

From it the _Janus_ was the chief sufferer, losing her mizzen topmast and foretopgallant mast.

The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence 1877

Until the morning when a high-pitched yell from the foretopgallant masthead attracted the attention of everybody on deck, including Hornblower, standing lonely in the waist.

Mr. Midshipman Easy Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848 1873