Example Sentences

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The jibboom had been run out, and the stays set up.

From The Frozen Pirate by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)

In the course of the morning, the masts, which up to that time had been swinging about aloft, were secured, and the wreck of the jibboom cleared away.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick

It swung out forward like a great jibboom.

From The Black Buccaneer by Meader, Stephen W. (Stephen Warren)

Then: Crack! from aloft, and crack! went the jibboom, and the flying jib was off and away to leeward like a bat.

From Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport by Nilsen, Anthon Bernhard Elias

Her standing jibboom is gone clean by the cap.

From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor