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noun Nautical.
1.
any of various triangular sails set forward of a forestaysail or fore-topmast staysail. Compare flying jib, inner jib. See diag. under ship.
2.
the inner one of two such sails, set inward from a flying jib.
adjective
Idioms 3.
of or pertaining to a jib: jib clew.
4.
cut of one's jib, one's general appearance, mien, or manner: I could tell by the cut of his jib that he wasn't the kind of person I'd want to deal with.
Origin:
1655–65; origin uncertain
1655–65; origin uncertain
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jibe1.
Also, jibb.
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Jib
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
verb (used without object)
1.
to move restively sidewise or backward instead of forward, as an animal in harness; balk.
2.
to balk at doing something; defer action; procrastinate.
noun
3.
a horse or other animal that jibs.
noun
1.
the projecting arm of a crane.
2.
the boom of a derrick.
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jib1 (dʒɪb) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | nautical any triangular sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel |
| 2. | cut of someone's jib someone's manner, behaviour, style, etc |
| 3. | obsolete |
| a. the lower lip, usually when it protrudes forwards in a grimace | |
| b. the face or nose | |
| [C17: of unknown origin] | |
| jib2 (dʒɪb) | |
| —vb , jibs, jibbing, jibbed | |
| 1. | ( |
| 2. | (of an animal) to stop short and refuse to go forwards: the horse jibbed at the jump |
| 3. | nautical variant of gybe |
| [C19: of unknown origin] | |
| 'jibber2 | |
| —n | |
| jib3 (dʒɪb) | |
| —n | |
| the projecting arm of a crane or the boom of a derrick, esp one that is pivoted to enable it to be raised or lowered | |
| [C18: probably based on | |
| jib4 (dʒɪb) | |
| —n | |
| dialect (South Wales) (often plural) a contortion of the face; a face: stop making jibs | |
| [special use of | |
| jibe, jib or jibb1 (dʒaɪb, dʒɪb) | |
| —vb, —n | |
| nautical variants of gybe | |
| jib, jib or jibb1 | |
| —vb, —n | |
| jibb, jib or jibb1 | |
| —vb, —n | |
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Word Origin & History
jib
"foresail of a ship," 1661, gibb, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to gibbet, from notion of a sail "hanging" from a masthead. Or perhaps from jib (v.) "shift a sail or boom" (1693), from Du. gijben, apparently related to gijk "boom or spar of a sailing ship." Said to indicate a ship's character
to an observant sailor as a strange vessel approaches at sea; also nautical slang for "face," hence cut of his jib.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
jib
in sailing ships, triangular sail rigged to a stay extending from the foremast, or foretopmast, to the bowsprit or to a spar, the jibboom, that is an extension of the bowsprit. The jib is first known to have been used on one-masted vessels. Its use began to spread about 1600 and extended to larger war vessels about 1700. Jibs proved handy in helping to steer and were much valued-e.g., on the square-rigger, as a means of better close-hauled sailing and of setting extra sail with comparatively little labour demand. In some ships the number of jibs reached five or more, and often the jibboom itself required an extension, the flying jibboom, to carry them.
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Example sentences from the web
A jib is a staysail that flies in front of the foremost vertical mast.
I the height measured along the front of mast from the jib halyard to the deck.
Between the fore mast and the bowsprit are the fore staysail, jib, and flying jib.
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