jib

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To lay out on the long bowsprit and put a single reef in the jib was a slight task compared with what had been already accomplished; so a few moments later they were again in the cockpit.

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  1. noun Nautical A triangular sail stretching from the foretopmast head to the jib boom and in small craft to the bowsprit or the bow.
  2. noun The arm of a mechanical crane.
  3. noun The boom of a derrick.
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  • Seems the organizers like the cut of my "immoderate moderator" jib, which is deeply flattering and rewarding as I always have a lot of fun doing it. —  Uninstalled
  • The jib is already more than 80 per cent unhooked from the forestay, and it takes one bad wave for the whole sail to be washed into the ocean. —  Sail-World.com USA Latest News
  • 'We sort the bag out and wrestle the jib, which is now filled with hundreds of litres of water, back onto the stack at the back of the boat. —  Sail-World.com USA Latest News
  • The cut of her jib was undoubtedly superior to any jib I had come across before. —  SYNTAGMA
  • The producers also incorporated shots taken with a jib, also known as a crane. —  Wakeboarding and Wakeboard Information - Wakeboarder.com
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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. Also written jibe, gibe, gybe (with long i, prob. after the D. form), from Danish gibbe, nautical jib, jibe, = Swedish gippa, nautical jib, jibe, dial. jerk, cause to jump, = Dutch gijpen (of sails), turn suddenly (Halma, cited by Wedgwood). The word appears nasalized in the Middle High German freq. gempeln, spring, and with reg. alteration of vowel in Swedish dial. guppa, move up and down, nasalized gumpa, spring, jump, etc.: see jump and jumble.
  2. So called because readily shifted or jibbed; from jib, v. t.
  3. Also jibb, improperly jibe; from Middle English *gibben, only in comp. regibben, kick back, from Old French regiber, later and modern F. regimber, wince, kick, in simple form Old French giber, gibber, struggle with the hands and feet; perhaps of Scandinavian origin: from Swedish dial. gippa, Jerk, = Danish gibbe, nautical jib, jibe; that is, jib is ult. identical with jib, q. v.
  4. from jib, v.
  5. Also gib: see gib. In def. 3, cf. Old French gibbe, a bunch or swelling; a particular sense of gibbe, a sort of arm, etc: see gib.
 

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