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jib boom

–noun Nautical.
a spar forming a continuation of a bowsprit.
Also, jibboom.


Origin:
1740–50
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jib boom  
n.   Nautical
A spar forming a continuation of the bowsprit.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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