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Webster 1913 Edition
Jib
1.
(Naut.)
A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibs;
as, inner
jib
; outer jib
; flying jib
; etc.2.
(Mach.)
The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
Jib boom
(Naut.)
, a spar or boom which serves as an extension of the bowsprit. It is sometimes extended by another spar called the flying jib boom
. [Written also
– gib boom
.] Jib crane
(Mach.)
, a crane having a horizontal jib on which a trolley moves, bearing the load.
– Jib door
(Arch.)
, a door made flush with the wall, without dressings or moldings; a disguised door.
– Jib header
(Naut.)
, a gaff-topsail, shaped like a jib; a jib-headed topsail.
– Jib topsail
(Naut.)
, a small jib set above and outside of all the other jibs.
– The cut of one’s jib
, one's outward appearance.
[Colloq.]
Sir W. Scott.
Jib
,Verb.
I.
[Connected with
jibe
; cf. OF. giber
to shake.] To move restively backward or sidewise, – said of a horse; to balk.
[Written also
jibb
.] [Eng.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Jib
JIB
,Noun.
Definition 2025
jib
jib
English
Alternative forms
- jibe (archaic)
Noun
jib (plural jibs)
- (nautical) A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast.
- (nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.
- The projecting arm of a crane
- (metonymically) A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera
- An object that is used for performing tricks while skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, in-line skating, or biking. These objects are usually found in a terrain park or skate park.
- (dialectal) The under lip, the mouth, face, nose, or teeth.
Derived terms
Terms derived from jib
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Translations
triangular staysail
any of a variety of triangular sails
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projecting arm of a crane
crane for mounting, moving a video camera
object for performing tricks
See also
- asymmetrical spinnaker
- blooper
- deck sweeper
- drifter
- genoa
- cut of one's jib
Verb
jib (third-person singular simple present jibs, present participle jibbing, simple past and past participle jibbed)
- (chiefly nautical) To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.
Etymology 2
Of uncertain origin.
Verb
jib (third-person singular simple present jibs, present participle jibbing, simple past and past participle jibbed)
- Of a horse, to stop and refuse to go forward.
- (figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, pp. 401-2:
- Some of us began to jib when the family began to collect portraits of their new son to decorate their walls [...].
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 318:
- The Parlement scarcely jibbed.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, pp. 401-2:
Translations
(horse) to stop, refuse to proceed
Noun
jib (plural jibs)
- One who jibs or balks, refusing to continue forward.
- A stationary condition; a standstill.
Irish
Etymology
Noun
jib f (genitive singular jibe, nominative plural jibeanna)
Declension
Declension of jib
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
- éadach cinn m
- seol cinn m
References
- "jib" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Etymology
From Danish gibbe (“jib, jibe”), related to Swedish gippa (“jib, jibe, jerk, make jump”), Dutch gijpen ("to turn sails suddenly"; > English jibe). Compare also Middle High German gempeln (“to spring”), Swedish guppa (“to move up and down”), Swedish gumpa (“to jump, spring”). See jump.
A jib sail, left, compared to a (roughly 150%) genoa jib, right.
Boat with four jibs set and a fifth furled.
The jib is the horizontal bar of the crane.