jib crane
noun
a crane having an arm guyed at a fixed angle to the head of a rotating mast.
Origin of jib crane
1First recorded in 1875–80
Words Nearby jib crane
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How to use jib crane in a sentence
The heating furnace and oil tank are served by a sixty-ton traveling crane and forty-ton jib crane.
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