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

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Example Sentences

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jib boom

And then, seeing by the Jacobins rudder that she was going off, he brought the Charlotte sharp round, her jib boom grazing the second Frenchman as her side had grazed the flag of the first.

From Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

He turned their screw, adjusted the focus for his eyes, and swept the open Gulf of Anadir and the Bering beyond the jib boom.

From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage

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 Henry Leverage

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 A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

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 Herman Melville

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