flying jib

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. the outer or outermost of two or more jibs, set well above the jib boom.

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flying jib British  

noun

1. the jib set furthest forward or outboard on a vessel with two or more jibs

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Etymology

Origin of flying jib

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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flying jib

I HAD scarce gained a position on the bowsprit when the flying jib flapped and filled upon the other tack, with a report like a gun.

From Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis

I had scarce gained a position on the bowsprit, when the flying jib flapped and filled upon the other tack, with a report like a gun.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The jib and flying jib were also taken in, and a little later the main-course and the mizzen-course.

From At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy by Stratemeyer, Edward

"Blow, sweet breeze," said D——, half to himself, half aloud; and casting his eyes, alternately from the flying jib and foresail to the swelling gaff-topsail, stooped down and looked under the boom at the land.

From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by Ross, William A.

But his sheets and halyards had been so shot away that not a sail could be set, except the flying jib.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler