jib
1. jib \'jib\ n [origin unknown] : a triangular sail set on a stay
extending from the head of the foremast to the bowsprit or the jibboom
2. jib vb or jibbed; or jib.bing : to cause (as a sail) to swing from one
side of a ship to the other : to shift across or swing round from one side
of a ship to the other
3. jib n [prob. by shortening & alter. fr. gibbet] 1: the projecting arm of
a crane 2: a derrick boom
4. jib vi or jibbed; or jib.bing [prob. fr. 2jib] : to refuse to go : BALK
- jib.ber n