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What (who) is swan-neck jib - definition
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Swan neck (disambiguation)
jib
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(jibs, jibbing, jibbed)
1.
The jib is the small triangular sail that is sometimes used at the front of a sailing boat.
N-COUNT: usu the N in sing
2.
If you jib at something, you are unwilling to do it or to accept it. (OLD-FASHIONED)
...those who jib at the idea of selling their land.
= balk
VERB: V at n/-ing, also V
Jib
A jib is a triangular sail that sets ahead of the foremast of a sailing vessel. Its tack is fixed to the bowsprit, to the bows, or to the deck between the bowsprit and the foremost mast.
Jib
·add. ·noun One that jibs, or balks; a jibber.
II. Jib ·add. ·noun A stationary condition; a standstill.
III. Jib ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Jibb.
IV. Jib ·vi The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
V. Jib ·vi To move restively backward or sidewise, - said of a horse; to Balk.
VI. Jib ·vi 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 jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; ·etc.
