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

Governor, you and Jack Spaniard hoist the flying jib.

From No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone by Harry Castlemon

The wind was turning brisk, and we'd just eased her with a few reefs; Bob Smart, out furling the flying jib, got soaked; me and the boy sitting silent, were spattered.

From Men, Women, and Ghosts by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

"That was a close call," exclaimed Rucker, as a shot cut away one of the jib stays, carrying down the flying jib.

From Ralph Granger's Fortunes by William Perry Brown

The third jib in large ships, as the inner jib, the jib, and the flying jib, set on the flying jib-boom.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher

Giddy, sick, and faint have I furled with my mate the flying jib, pinched with the cold and wet.

From From Lower Deck to Pulpit by Henry Cowling