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jib-boom Naut. [f. jib n.1 + boom n.2] A spar run out from the end of the bowsprit, to which the tack of the jib is lashed, and beyond which is sometimes extended the flying jib-boom.
1748Anson's Voy. ii. ix. 226 One of the sail-makers mates was fishing from the end of the gib-boom. 1752Chambers Cycl. s.v. Ship (Plate), Flying Jibbboom [no simple jib-boom shown]. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1776), Jib-Boom,..This boom..is nothing more than a continuation of the bowsprit forward, to which it may be considered as a top-mast. 1833Marryat P. Simple xxxv, To prepare for action, and keep close order, which means, to have your flying jib-boom in at the starn windows of the ship a head of you. 1878Masque of Poets 55 Out on the jibboom in a gale He went in the darkness to furl a sail. |