topsail galen.

Brit.

/ˈtɒpseɪl ɡeɪl/,

/ˈtɒpsl ɡeɪl/, U.S.

/ˈtɑpˌseɪl ˌɡeɪl/,

/ˈtɑps(ə)l ˌɡeɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: topsail n., gale n.³

Etymology: < topsail n. + gale n.³

Nautical. Now chiefly historical.

A wind strong enough to allow good progress, but not so strong that the topsails need to be reefed (reef v.¹ 1a).In common use from the 17th to the early 19th centuries, partly because Defoe (in the passage cited in quot. 1704) includes the term in the middle of his twelve degrees of wind, ranging from stark calm to tempest. The subsequent decline in use corresponds to the introduction of the Beaufort scale.

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1660 T. Allin Jrnl. 15 Nov. (1939) (modernized text) I. 4 Sunshine weather, a handsome topsail gale.

1673 London Gaz. No. 807/4 The Wind has been all this day between the South and the South-West, a fine Topsail Gale.

1704 D. Defoe Storm ii. 22 That our Sailors call a Top-sail Gale would have drove the Navigators of those Ages into Harbours.

1744 W. Black Jrnl. 18 May in Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. (1877) 1 123 It now blow'd a fresh Topsail Gale.

1781 Ships Sailing Qualities: Boreas 29 Nov. (P.R.O.: ADM 95/37/15) Question 3(d) Q. How she proves in Sailing thro' all the Variations of the Wind... A. Perfectly easy in every point of Sailing the Wind from the Quarter to the Beam in a Topsail Gale Ten to Eleven Knots and when double reefed.

1885 Boy's Comic Jrnl. 7 Feb. 346/2 His further instructions were interrupted by a voice as breezy as a topsail gale.

2015 J. Stockwin Tyger (e-book ed.) i Form questions had to be answered: how many knots does she run under a topsail gale?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

attributive and in other combinations, of or pertaining to the topsail, as topsail halyard, topsail sheet, topsail truss, topsail yard; carrying a topsail or topsails, as topsail barge, topsail schooner, topsail vessel; allowing a vessel to carry topsails, as topsail breeze, †topsail cole, topsail gale.With topsail cole cf. quots. under cool n.¹ 1.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > allowing specific sails to be carried

topsail cole1390

loom1600

reef-topsail1693

topgallant1697

whole-sail1824

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind as means of propulsion > other

topsail1390

side winda1398

quarter wind1523

quartern wind1592

elbow-winda1722

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 231 The wynd stod thanne noght amis Bot evene topseilcole it blew.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 338 Thei hadden wynd at wille tho, With topseilcole and forth they go.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 32 Hail on ȝour top sail scheitis vire..ȝour top sail trossis,..hail out the top sail boulene.

1673 London Gaz. No. 807/4 The Wind has been all this day between the South and the South-West, a fine Topsail Gale.

1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 109 Top-sail Yards [are]⁵/ ₉ of the Main-yards.., the Top-gallant Yards ¹/ ₂ the Top-sail Yards.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 766 The number of top-sail vessels..is about 150.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast ii. 11 The topsail haliards had been let go.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Topsail-schooner, is full schooner-rigged, but carries a square-topsail on the foremast.

单词	topsail gale
释义	topsail galen. Brit. /ˈtɒpseɪl ɡeɪl/, /ˈtɒpsl ɡeɪl/, U.S. /ˈtɑpˌseɪl ˌɡeɪl/, /ˈtɑps(ə)l ˌɡeɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: topsail n., gale n.³ Etymology: < topsail n. + gale n.³ Nautical. Now chiefly historical. A wind strong enough to allow good progress, but not so strong that the topsails need to be reefed (reef v.¹ 1a).In common use from the 17th to the early 19th centuries, partly because Defoe (in the passage cited in quot. 1704) includes the term in the middle of his twelve degrees of wind, ranging from stark calm to tempest. The subsequent decline in use corresponds to the introduction of the Beaufort scale. ΚΠ 1660 T. Allin Jrnl. 15 Nov. (1939) (modernized text) I. 4 Sunshine weather, a handsome topsail gale. 1673 London Gaz. No. 807/4 The Wind has been all this day between the South and the South-West, a fine Topsail Gale. 1704 D. Defoe Storm ii. 22 That our Sailors call a Top-sail Gale would have drove the Navigators of those Ages into Harbours. 1744 W. Black Jrnl. 18 May in Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. (1877) 1 123 It now blow'd a fresh Topsail Gale. 1781 Ships Sailing Qualities: Boreas 29 Nov. (P.R.O.: ADM 95/37/15) Question 3(d) Q. How she proves in Sailing thro' all the Variations of the Wind... A. Perfectly easy in every point of Sailing the Wind from the Quarter to the Beam in a Topsail Gale Ten to Eleven Knots and when double reefed. 1885 Boy's Comic Jrnl. 7 Feb. 346/2 His further instructions were interrupted by a voice as breezy as a topsail gale. 2015 J. Stockwin Tyger (e-book ed.) i Form questions had to be answered: how many knots does she run under a topsail gale? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). > as lemmas topsail gale attributive and in other combinations, of or pertaining to the topsail, as topsail halyard, topsail sheet, topsail truss, topsail yard; carrying a topsail or topsails, as topsail barge, topsail schooner, topsail vessel; allowing a vessel to carry topsails, as topsail breeze, †topsail cole, topsail gale.With topsail cole cf. quots. under cool n.¹ 1. ΘΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > allowing specific sails to be carried topsail cole1390 loom1600 reef-topsail1693 topgallant1697 whole-sail1824 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind as means of propulsion > other topsail1390 side winda1398 quarter wind1523 quartern wind1592 elbow-winda1722 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 231 The wynd stod thanne noght amis Bot evene topseilcole it blew. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 338 Thei hadden wynd at wille tho, With topseilcole and forth they go. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 32 Hail on ȝour top sail scheitis vire..ȝour top sail trossis,..hail out the top sail boulene. 1673 London Gaz. No. 807/4 The Wind has been all this day between the South and the South-West, a fine Topsail Gale. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 109 Top-sail Yards [are]⁵/ ₉ of the Main-yards.., the Top-gallant Yards ¹/ ₂ the Top-sail Yards. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 766 The number of top-sail vessels..is about 150. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast ii. 11 The topsail haliards had been let go. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Topsail-schooner, is full schooner-rigged, but carries a square-topsail on the foremast. extracted from topsailn. < n.1660 as lemmas
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