inner jib
nounNautical.
a headsail immediately forward of a forestaysail or fore-topmast staysail.
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How to use inner jib in a sentence
Then come the "outer jib" and the "inner jib" and the "foretopmast staysail."
Dropping the outer jib and mainsail, he jogged slowly before the wind under the jumbo, or inner jib.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman | Albert Walter TolmanTo save time I let go the outer and inner jib-halliards, and, with the assistance of the steward, hauled these sails down.
The Wreck of the Grosvenor, Volume 2 of 3 | William Clark RussellWe took in the foresail, mainsail, and inner jib, and had now only the topsail and a storm-trysail left.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 | Roald AmundsenIn cutters, the fifth or sixth size: the inner jib of square-rigged ships.
The Sailor's Word-Book | William Henry Smyth
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