a. (Naut.) Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast;
n.
a. [ 1913 Webster ]
Topgallant breeze,
v. t. To gather up; to contract; to draw together. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Himself he close upgathered more and more. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To gaze upward. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]