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

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

Stirling stepped back a foot or more and watched the jib boom of the ship as it hung steady above the dark waters, then staggered toward the cabin companion.

From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry

The jib boom swung off toward a lower shelf of ice, and the crash that followed as the stout sheathing cut through the floes drove the Russians to their knees.

From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry

So we ruffled it along, making two or three "legs"—I sitting abaft the jib boom, with my back against the mainmast, watching out for Samson and his light.

From Pieces of Eight by Le Gallienne, Richard

At the end of that mile Jonadab's craft's jib boom was just astern of Tobias's rudder.

From The Depot Master by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby