Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A light sail that extends beyond the jib and is attached to an extension of the jib boom.
Wiktionary
- n. nautical The foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Naut.) a sail extended outside of the standing jib, on the flying-jib boom.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the outermost of two or more jibs
Examples
“I ran forward and had the downhaul of the flying jib all in and fast as we slipped by the boat a hundred feet to leeward.”
“The topsails were soon clewed up and made fast, then the flying jib run down and furled.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘flying jib’.
-
The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
Edit: I started ma...studdingsail, carronade, mumchance, grumlin-futtocks, crosscat-harpings, holystone, sennit, orlop, orchitis, negus, kevel, altumal and 1112 more...
-
Nautical Words
lubber, mizzenmast, circumnavigation, clipper, cordage, galleon, gangplank, gangway, flying bridge, following sea, schooner, amidships and 106 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for flying jib.
chained_bear "'You can see 'em even better from the hances,' said Jack, leading him to the side, and carefully following the admiring gaze of all eyes on the quarterdeck Stephen perceived an array of overlapping triangular sails along the bowsprit and beyond it, well beyond it. 'There,' said Jack. 'There you have the whole shooting-match. Fore and foretopmast staysails, of course, inner jib, outer jib, flying jib, spindle jib, and jib of jibs!'... He named a large number of other staysails, the spanker and driver... 'Now you will really have something to tell your grandchildren,' observed Mowett; and pointing upwards he added, 'And you must not forget the mizen topgallantstaysail, whatever you do.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 210-211 Feb 14, 2008