Definitions for jibdʒɪb
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
jibdʒɪb(n.)
or jibb
any of various triangular sails set forward of a forestaysail or fore-topmast staysail.
Category: Nautical, Navy
the inner one of two such sails, set inward from a flying jib.
Category: Nautical, Navy
Idioms for jib:
cut of one's jib,one's general appearance.
Category: Idiom
Origin of jib:
1655–65; orig. uncert.
jibdʒɪb(v.i.; v.t.; n.)jibbed, jib•bing
Category: Nautical, Navy
Ref: jibe1. 1
jibdʒɪb(v.i.)jibbed, jib•bing.
to balk (usu. fol by at).
Category: British
Origin of jib:
1805–15; perh. identical with jib2
jib′ber(n.)
jibdʒɪb(n.)
the projecting arm of a crane.
Category: Civil Engineering
the boom of a derrick.
Category: Civil Engineering
Origin of jib:
1755–65; appar. short for gibbet
Princeton's WordNet
jib(verb)
any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
resist, balk, baulk, jib(verb)
refuse to comply
jibe, gybe, jib, change course(verb)
shift from one side of the ship to the other
"The sail jibbed wildly"
Webster Dictionary
Jib(verb)
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 jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc
Jib(verb)
the projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended
Jib(verb)
to move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk
Translations for jib
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
jib(noun)
a three-cornered sail on the front mast of a ship.
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