jib boom
or jibboom
a spar forming a continuation of a bowsprit.
Origin of jib boom
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How to use jib boom in a sentence
Soon they drew near the wreck, and could see that she had sunk completely, and that the crew were clinging to the jibboom.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneThe outer one we can see is the "flying-jib," on the flying-jibboom.
There's a leg that been stuck up on end like a jibboom for an hour, d'ye see, and what's it the worse for't, ha?
The Pioneers | James Fenimore CooperThe jibboom fell right across the forefoot of the yacht, and now looks as if it had been cut at for weeks with some blunt tool.
A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' | Annie Allnut BrasseyAnswering to the topmasts on the three masts is the jibboom on the bowsprit, and in continuation of that the flying-jibboom.
British Dictionary definitions for jib boom
nautical a spar forming an extension of the bowsprit
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