Word Meanings - ENGALLANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To make a gallant of. B. Jonson.

Related words: (words related to ENGALLANT)

• GALLANTNESS
  The quality of being gallant.
• GALLANT
  akin to OF. gale amusement, It. gala ornament; of German origin; cf. OHG. geil merry, luxuriant, wanton, G. geil lascivious, akin to AS. g wanton, wicked, OS. g merry, Goth. gailjan to make to rejoice, or 1. Showy; splendid; magnificent;
• GALLANTLY
  In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or wooer.
• GALLANTRY
  1. Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery. Guess the gallantry of our church by this . . . when the desk whereon the priest read was inlaid with plates of silver. Fuller. 2. Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry.
• TOPGALLANT
  Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship. 2. Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid. "The
• DISGALLANT
  To deprive of gallantry. B. Jonson.
• ENGALLANT
  To make a gallant of. B. Jonson.
• FORE-TOPGALLANT
  Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.