gibbed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of gibbed
Example Sentences
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It is gibbed to the under cutter frame u′ by the sliding gib x, the left hand head h being moved across the frame by the screw f′.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The work table t is gibbed to slideways in f, and is provided with suitable automatic feed and stop motion, and of course with a hand feed also.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
A gibbed slide rest is held to the shears by gibs, as in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The work-holding frame or vice is supported, for circular surfaces, by being pivoted to the base at o, o, and by the gibbed head d, which has journal bearing at e.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Considering the road, it was not unnatural that my men gibbed a little at the eleven-day accomplishment.
From Across China on Foot by Dingle, Edwin John
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