jib boom

American  

Or jibboom

noun

Nautical.

1. a spar forming a continuation of a bowsprit.

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jib boom British  

noun

1. nautical a spar forming an extension of the bowsprit

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Etymology

Origin of jib boom

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

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jib boom

The Formidable did at the time of action bear up to one of the enemy's ships, to avoid being aboard of her, whose jib boom nearly touched the main topsail weather leech of the Formidable.

From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

The moon showed as a silver disk directly over the frosted jib boom, and the sun had been blotted from the view.

From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry

The taper jib boom pointed down the narrow strait and sheered in time to meet the first rollers of the Gulf of Anadir.

From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry

The mate at once went out to the end of the flying jib boom, and fastened there the mystic symbol of the ban.

From Omoo by Melville, Herman

Helen Marr and the Ice Pilot moved aft and stood by the taffrail as the ship glided on with its jib boom parallel to the sombre Greenland shore.

From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry