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

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

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

From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage

They came into view again and stood upon a shelf which was directly over the taper jib boom of the ship.

From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage

The end of the jib boom was the last to disappear beneath the waters, and the career of the famous cruiser was ended forever.

From Cruise and Captures of the Alabama by Albert M. Goodrich

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

From The Depot Master by Joseph Crosby Lincoln