gib

¹ American  

[gib] / gɪb /

noun

1. a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.

2. Machinery.

   1. a thin, wedgelike strip of metal for controlling the area in which a moving part, as the table of a milling machine, slides.

   2. a keylike part having a head at each end, used with a matching cotter as a fastening.

3. (in carpentry or ironwork) a heavy metal strap for fastening two members together.

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verb (used with object)

gibbed, gibbing

1. to fasten (parts) together by means of a gib.

gib ² American  

[gib] / gɪb /

noun

1. a cat, especially a male cat.

2. a castrated cat.

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Gib. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Gibraltar.

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gib ¹ British  

/ ɡɪb /

noun

1. a metal wedge, pad, or thrust bearing, esp a brass plate let into a steam engine crosshead

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verb

1. (tr) to fasten or supply with a gib

Gib ² British  

/ dʒɪb /

noun

1. an informal name for Gibraltar

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gib ³ British  

/ ɡɪb /

noun

1. a male cat, esp a castrated one

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Etymology

Origin of gib¹

First recorded in 1555–65; origin uncertain

Origin of gib²

1350–1400; Middle English gib ( be ), short for Gilbert proper name

Example Sentences

It is gibbed to the bed plate z by the gib f, which is so constructed as to be free from dirt.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

"Yer don ax me fer gib yer suffin jes' now; and I ain't got nuffin 'cep' my close what I got on."

From Recitations for the Social Circle by Harvey, James Clarence

She had red shawl; she gib it me, but I make her take dollar for it.

From A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

The jaws of the gib are sometimes made slightly taper at a, Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The blacksmithing will in most cases render it necessary to file out the keyways, and this again entails the making of a new gib and key.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua