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

A dark slab of muck tuck, or blubber, was dangling from her stumpy jib boom.

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

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

The engines raced in reverse, and the Pole Star swung with her dainty jib boom groping through the fog like an antenna.

From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry

The ship swung her jib boom toward the land and began drifting ashore.

From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry