jib
jib
- n any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
- v refuse to comply
- v shift from one side of the ship to the other
The sail jibbed wildly
- Yankee carried a single big jib and jib topsail in place of her usual double head rig.
- The navigator holds the jib on an auxiliary sheet as the port tailer releases the jib sheet.
- Miro chabo, that puo-baulor might jib by hailing lende.