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flying jib boom

American  

noun

Nautical.
  1. an extension on a jib boom, to which a flying jib is fastened.


Etymology

Origin of flying jib boom

First recorded in 1825–35

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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

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