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

I see a craft on the jib boom—" "Lee bow, Kitty!—I mean Bill; not jib boom!

From The Merryweathers by Richards, Julia Ward

At the corner of the gloomy passage a rigged jib boom with a dolphin-striker ending in an arrow-head stuck out of the night close to a cast iron lamp-post.

From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Conrad, Joseph

At the corner of the gloomy passage a rigged jib boom with a dolphin-striker ending in an arrow-head stuck out of the night close to a cast iron lamp-post. 

From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Conrad, Joseph

The taper jib boom swung toward the open lane to the north and east and ice floes ground under the stem.

From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry

The sea was rough from the effects of a storm that had swept those latitudes the day before, in which Captain Jones had lost his jib boom and two of his crew.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler