Jib-boom
noun, Nautical.
1.
a spar forming a continuation of a bowsprit.
noun
1.
(nautical) a spar forming an extension of the bowsprit
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[jahyb] /dʒaɪb/ Nautical verb (used without object), jibed, jibing. 1. to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom. 2. to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner. verb (used with object), jibed, jibing. 3. to cause to jibe. noun […]
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[jahyb] /dʒaɪb/ Nautical verb (used without object), jibed, jibing. 1. to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom. 2. to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner. verb (used with object), jibed, jibing. 3. to cause to jibe. noun […]
- Jibes
[jahyb] /dʒaɪb/ Nautical verb (used without object), jibed, jibing. 1. to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom. 2. to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner. verb (used with object), jibed, jibing. 3. to cause to jibe. noun […]
- Jib-headed
adjective (nautical) 1. (of a sail) pointed at the top or head 2. (of a sailing vessel or rig) having sails that are triangular