Meaning of જિબ in English
- See Jib.
- See Gibe.
- To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.
- A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.
- The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
- To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk.
- To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.
- To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe.
- To agree; to harmonize.
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