foretopgallant-sail

Updated: May 8, 2025

But, what follows, needs another chapter. I found the place in my notebook, cleared my voice, and began. "The ship was sailing gloriously under a press of canvas. Her foretopgallant-sail swelled to its cotton-like hue out of the black shadow of its incurving.

Various - Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 24, 1891