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jib
jib, a triangular sail set by sailing vessels on the stays of the foremast. The largest square-rigged sailing vessels of the late 19th century and early 20th century carried as many as six jibs, named from aft to forward: storm, inner, outer, flying, spindle, and jib-of-jibs, the last being hoisted in only very light weather. Smaller sailing vessels, particularly those fore-and-aft rigged, normally only set one jib, other triangular sails set before the foremast being known as staysails. In the old-fashioned fore-and-aft rig, where a bowsprit carried a fore-topmast stay beyond the stem of the vessel to give additional support to the mast, it was on this stay that the jib was carried, with a staysail set on the forestay. The modern Bermudan rig has no bowsprit and the single forestay is set up on, or even inboard of, the stem and this usually only carries one large jib, no staysail being set. These large jibs, of which the clew extends well abaft the mast, are known as genoa or yankee jibs, and for a period during the 1930s some of the J-class racing yachts set a double-clewed jib.
The jib and jib-boom were introduced in 1705 for smaller ships as a replacement for the older spritsail and spritsail topmast, and by 1719 had been also adopted by the largest ships then built. From its inception it proved a great step forward in the efficiency of a sailing vessel on the wind and was, as the author of the Marine Dictionary (1771) wrote, ‘a sail of great command on a side wind, and particularly when sailing close-hauled’. See also cut of his (her) jib, the. |
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"jib." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "jib." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-jib.html "jib." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-jib.html |
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jib1 / jib/ • n. 1. Sailing a triangular staysail set forward of the forwardmost mast. 2. the projecting arm of a crane. jib2 • v. (jibbed , jib·bing ) [intr.] (of an animal, esp. a horse) stop and refuse to go on: he jibbed at the final fence. ∎ (of a person) be unwilling to do or accept something: he jibs at paying large bills. DERIVATIVES: jib·ber n. |
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"jib." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "jib." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-jib.html "jib." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-jib.html |
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jib1 (naut.) triangular stay-sail XVII (gibb). of unkn. orig.
Also jib vb. (naut.) pull a sail round XVII; synon. with Da. gibbe, Du. gijpen, G. geipen, but the initial cons. is against any immed. connection; cf. GYBE. |
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T. F. HOAD. "jib." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "jib." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-jib.html T. F. HOAD. "jib." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-jib.html |
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jib3 (of a horse, etc.) stop and refuse to go on. XIX (gib, jibb). of unkn. orig.; remarkably like OF. giber kick, regiber (mod. regimber), whence ME. (once) regibben, but no historical connection may be supposed.
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T. F. HOAD. "jib." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "jib." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-jib2.html T. F. HOAD. "jib." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-jib2.html |
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jib n. a triangular staysail set forward of the forwardmost mast.
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"jib." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "jib." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-jib.html "jib." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-jib.html |
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jib2 projecting arm of a crane. XVIII. of unkn. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "jib." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "jib." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-jib1.html T. F. HOAD. "jib." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-jib1.html |
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jib. See gib.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "jib." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "jib." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-jib.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "jib." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-jib.html |
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jib •bib, crib, dib, fib, glib, jib, lib, nib, rib, sib, snib, squib
•memsahib • Carib • sparerib
•Sennacherib
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"jib." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "jib." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-jib.html "jib." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-jib.html |
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JIB
JIB joint intelligence bureau
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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "JIB." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "JIB." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-JIB.html FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "JIB." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-JIB.html |
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