jib boom

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noun Nautical.

a spar forming a continuation of a bowsprit.

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Origin of jib boom

First recorded in 1740–50

Words nearby jib boom

Jiaozuo, jib, jibaro, jibba, jibbons, jib boom, jib crane, jibe, jib-headed, Jibouti, Jibuti

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How to use jib boom in a sentence

Martingale: A short spar under the bowsprit, used to give more spread to the stays that set the bowsprit or jib-boom down.
The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2|Various
Having thus lost the benefit of her head sail, she rounded to, and her jib-boom came in contact with our fore rigging.
The Portland Sketch Book|Various
In a moment the jib-boom of the English vessel ran over the poop-deck of the American ship.
Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea|Charles H. L. Johnston
He was mending the jib-boom, and lost his hold and fell into the sea.
Miscellanea|Juliana Horatia Ewing

As he laid us athwart-hawse, or as we swung by him, our jib-boom ran into his mizzen-rigging.
Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864|Various

British Dictionary definitions for jib boom

jib boom

noun

nautical a spar forming an extension of the bowsprit

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