Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One of the ropes attached at one end to the clue of the jib and at the other to the bows of the vessel, to trim the sail.

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Examples

  • Some of the Chinese stood in the forward part of the cockpit, near the cabin doors, and once, as I leaned over the cockpit rail to flatten down the jib-sheet a bit, I felt some one brush against my hip pocket.

    White and Yellow 2010

  • I did not stop to see what had become of the small boat, but sprang to the jib-sheet.

    Chapter 17 2010

  • I had devised an automatic jib-sheet which passed the jib across of itself, so there was no need for Maud to attend to that; but she was still hoisting the jib when I put the wheel hard down.

    Chapter 39 2010

  • The last time the jib-sheet broke there was a strong breeze from the south-west with a heavy sea; all sail was set with the exception of the spanker, as the ship would not steer with that.

    The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

  • There was an extra preventer on the double jib-sheet, but in spite of that the sheets broke and the jib was split with a fearful crack.

    The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

  • When we had wind, we used it to the utmost; but we did not do this without the loss of one or two things; the new jib-sheet broke a couple of times, and one night we carried away the outer bobstay of the jib-boom.

    The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

  • "The tackle has fouled the jib-sheet," said Jackson, who had been pulling like a horse at the rope's end, and now looked over the side to see what prevented them from lifting the port bower.

    The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea J. [Illustrator] Schonberg

  • "Haul in on your jib-sheet," "Lash yourself to the main-mast or you'll drop off astern," were some of the encouraging words of advice which rattled about Jean's assailed ears, as the space grew momentarily wider between him and his friends, those same friends wilfully holding in their mounts to revel in "the show."

    Peggy Stewart at School

  • Dick and Dorothea fumbled together at the jib-sheet.

    Coot Club Ransome, Arthur 1934

  • "What did you do to this jib-sheet?" he continued.

    Biltmore Oswald The Diary of a Hapless Recruit Thorne Smith 1913

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