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

Up with the flying jib, and trim aft them starboard jib and staysail sheets!

From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)

We were far out on the broad Pentland Firth, plunging about on the rough water, with our mainsail double-reefed, and the flying jib pulling away like to split itself in the wind.

From The Pilots of Pomona by Leighton, Robert

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

Bent a new flying jib this morning and had the king and Tabu-Tabu holystone the deck.

From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon

Seamen were stationed at all the yard-arms, flying jib, and driver booms, with blue-lights, which were fired simultaneously with the discharge of a dozen rockets, and the great gun of a royal salute.

From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Marryat, Frank