: a triangular sail set on a stay extending usually from the head of the foremast to the bowsprit or the jibboom
also
: the small triangular headsail on a sloop see sail illustration
1
: the projecting arm of a crane
2
: a derrick boom
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 26 July 2024
Plus, the mountain has a whopping 10 terrain parks with over 100 jibs, 50 jumps, and two halfpipes.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Nov. 2023
But flaking the jib wasn’t the toughest job on the Millennium Farr 65, designed and built in 1999 for the first Millennium Round the World Race.
—Helen Iatrou, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2023
The jib crane, for example, has been incorporated neatly into the superstructure.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2023
It’s also equipped with a 200-foot carbon-fiber mast that supports a main sail and jib collectively spanning more than 13,000 square feet.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 June 2022
The team predicts the yacht is capable of exceeding windspeed when reaching upwind with main and jib alone, even in a 10-knot breeze.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2023
The cut of this jib is all Uncle Sam, but no one wore it like Elvis.
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 6 July 2022
For a bar concealed behind jib doors in a Dallas family room, Liu placed floating shelves painted a shamrock green before an antiqued-mirror backsplash, which visually doubles the homeowner’s crystal barware.
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, ELLE Decor, 15 Dec. 2020
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Noun
Reeling off figures prepared by his comms team, Young says 78 tons worth of plants and planters were taken off the roof to be replaced by 42 tons of equipment, including a telescopic jib with AR graphic capabilities, which was shipped over from Atlanta on loan from TNT Sports.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 26 July 2024
Plus, the mountain has a whopping 10 terrain parks with over 100 jibs, 50 jumps, and two halfpipes.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Nov. 2023
But flaking the jib wasn’t the toughest job on the Millennium Farr 65, designed and built in 1999 for the first Millennium Round the World Race.
—Helen Iatrou, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2023
The jib crane, for example, has been incorporated neatly into the superstructure.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2023
It’s also equipped with a 200-foot carbon-fiber mast that supports a main sail and jib collectively spanning more than 13,000 square feet.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 June 2022
The team predicts the yacht is capable of exceeding windspeed when reaching upwind with main and jib alone, even in a 10-knot breeze.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2023
The cut of this jib is all Uncle Sam, but no one wore it like Elvis.
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 6 July 2022
For a bar concealed behind jib doors in a Dallas family room, Liu placed floating shelves painted a shamrock green before an antiqued-mirror backsplash, which visually doubles the homeowner’s crystal barware.
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, ELLE Decor, 15 Dec. 2020
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