jib boom

American  

Or jibboom

noun

Nautical.

1. a spar forming a continuation of a bowsprit.

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jib boom British  

noun

1. nautical a spar forming an extension of the bowsprit

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Etymology

Origin of jib boom

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

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jib boom

Stirling stepped back a foot or more and watched the jib boom of the ship as it hung steady above the dark waters, then staggered toward the cabin companion.

From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry

The moon showed as a silver disk directly over the frosted jib boom, and the sun had been blotted from the view.

From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry

So we ruffled it along, making two or three "legs"—I sitting abaft the jib boom, with my back against the mainmast, watching out for Samson and his light.

From Pieces of Eight by Le Gallienne, Richard

At the end of that mile Jonadab's craft's jib boom was just astern of Tobias's rudder.

From The Depot Master by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

He turned their screw, adjusted the focus for his eyes, and swept the open Gulf of Anadir and the Bering beyond the jib boom.

From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry