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jib crane
noun
- a crane having an arm guyed at a fixed angle to the head of a rotating mast.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jib crane1
First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences
The heating furnace and oil tank are served by a sixty-ton traveling crane and forty-ton jib crane.
From Project Gutenberg
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