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jib

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jib1
Nautical any triangular sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
jib2
the projecting arm of a crane or the boom of a derrick, esp one that is pivoted to enable it to be raised or lowered
jib [jib]
(naval architecture)
A triangular sail bent to a foremast stay.
jib
1. Of a crane or derrick, see boom, 2.
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All hands obeyed, and at once the eight or ten seamen who composed the crew, sprang to their respective stations at the spanker brails and outhaul, topsail sheets and halyards, the jib downhaul, and the topsail clewlines and buntlines.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Pausing long enough to let go the jib halyards, and just as the Reindeer cleared and began to drift astern, I leaped aboard the junk with a line and made fast.
Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context
She inquired of the gardener where his boy was, but he smiled, and said: 'He has just come home on his three- legged horse, and the others have been mocking him, and crying: "Here comes our hobblety jib back again
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