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noun

Jib n.

(Naut.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibs; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.

(Mach.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.

One that jibs, or balks; a jibber.

A stationary condition; a standstill.

Jib boom (Naut.), a spar or boom which serves as an extension of the bowsprit. It is sometimes extended by another spar called the flying jib boom. (Written also gib boom)

Jib crane (Mach.), a crane having a horizontal jib on which a trolley moves, bearing the load.

Jib door (Arch.), a door made flush with the wall, without dressings or moldings; a disguised door.

Jib header (Naut.), a gaff-topsail, shaped like a jib; a jib-headed topsail.

Jib topsail (Naut.), a small jib set above and outside of all the other jibs.

The cut of one's jib, one's outward appearance. (Colloq.)

verb

Jibb, Jib v. t. & v. i. (past & past part. jibbed; pres. part. jibbing) (Chiefly Naut.) To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.

Jib v. i. (Written also jibb) To move restively backward or sidewise, said of a horse; to balk. (Eng.)

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"Jib" Quotes from Famous Books

... fell in with the Bramble in the neighbourhood of Cape Deliverance of the English chart (by Laurie) her rendezvous in case of separation; we had parted company during the late gale, in which she lost her jib-boom and stern-boat. ...

— Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During The Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries And Surveys In New Guinea, The Louisiade • John MacGillivray

... approvingly. "'Twill do her no harm to sleep," he agreed, "and do not make up your mind that she must not go for the visit to Brewster and Boston. I can set her across to Brewster come Tuesday. 'Twill give me a chance to get some canvas for a new jib ...

— A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony • Alice Turner Curtis

... sleeping-bag, it was provided with a thick blanket which took up most of the room inside, and a waterproof sheet which was part of itself. As field-tent, it had large protruding flanges, shaped like jib-sails, and a ...

— A Journal of Impressions in Belgium • May Sinclair

... that to you, sir?" asked Howe quickly. "Oh!" muttered the master, not inaudibly. "D——n my eyes if I care, if you don't. I'll go near enough to singe some of our whiskers." And then, seeing by the Jacobins rudder that she was going off, he brought the Charlotte sharp round, her jib boom grazing the second Frenchman as her side had grazed ...

— Types of Naval Officers - Drawn from the History of the British Navy • A. T. Mahan

... have been receiving your wireless messages all week, my dear Mary, and not one was an S. O. S. Good! The fair ship MARY MILLER is safe. Hurrah! She never has been staunch, but she was the gayest thing on the sea, and when her sails were all set from jib to spanker she made a ...

— The Letters of Franklin K. Lane • Franklin K. Lane

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