flying jib


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

Origin of flying jib

1
First recorded in 1825–35

Words Nearby flying jib

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How to use flying jib in a sentence

  • But after clearing the Cape we rigged a flying-jib, and, as the Captain had prophesied, soon showed our consorts our heels.

    Cape Cod | Henry D. Thoreau
  • At half-past one he stowed the flying-jib, reefed the mainsail, and took the bonnet off the jib.

    The Pathfinder | James Fenimore Cooper
  • Her mother was inviting Mr. Bayard to call on them at the flying jib.

    A Singular Life | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
  • The outer one we can see is the "flying-jib," on the flying-jibboom.

  • We ran down the flying jib, hauled the jib-sheets to wind-ward and the main-sheet flat, and came up into the wind.

    The Sea-Wolf | Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for flying jib

flying jib

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

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