t'-gallant-yards

Updated: August 14, 2026

No sooner does he come within a certain distance of it previously fixed in his own mind than all hands are turned to setting the ship in storm-trim; and never mind how light the breeze, down come his t'-gallant-yards. He "bends" his strongest storm-sails, and lashes every-thing on deck securely.

Herman Melville - White Jacket: or, the World on a Man-of-War

At first there was a long gauky swell, that obliged us to furl most of the sails, and even send down t'-gallant-yards, for fear of pitching them overboard.

Herman Melville - White Jacket: or, the World on a Man-of-War