Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, an iron fastened to the head of a jib.
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Examples
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The crane has capacity to (1) lift and lower; (2) turn round completely in either direction simultaneously with the lifting and lowering; (3) alter the radius by raising or lowering the jib-head; (4) travel along the rails by its own steam-power.
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He sailed close enough to exchange hails with the workmen, shading their eyes on the edge of the sheer drop of the cliff overhung by the jib-head of a powerful crane.
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He sailed close enough to exchange hails with the workmen, shading their eyes on the edge of the sheer drop of the cliff overhung by the jib-head of a powerful crane.
Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Joseph Conrad 1890
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