Meaning & use
Jib
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A triangular sail set forward of a ship's foremost mast, used to help steer and add speed.
See it in a sentence
The crew trimmed the jib as the wind shifted direction.
A gust caught the jib and nearly pulled the line from his hands.
A note on using this word
The idiom 'the cut of one's jib,' meaning a person's general appearance or manner, comes from sailors judging a ship's origin by the shape of its jib sail.
Words with a similar meaning
foresail
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Another way to use it
2. verb
(Of a horse) to stop and refuse to move forward, especially out of stubbornness or fear.
The old mare jibbed at the narrow bridge and would not cross.
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