inner jib
Americannoun
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Ship under reefed mainsail, staysail, and inner jib.
From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack
In cutters, the fifth or sixth size: the inner jib of square-rigged ships.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
There are other jibs, as inner jib, standing-jib, flying-jib, spindle-jib, jib of jibs, jib-topsails, &c.—Jib is also used for the expression of the face, as the cut of his jib.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
Then come the "outer jib" and the "inner jib" and the "foretopmast staysail."
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 by Elverson, James
The sea-breeze has caught our craft; let them run up the inner jib, and see that she does not foul her anchor.'
From The Pirate, and The Three Cutters by Sullivan, Edmund J. (Edmund Joseph)
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