| 单词 | flying jib-boom |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflying jib-boom 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. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > spar projecting over bows > extension of jib-boom1748 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ix. 226 One of the sail-maker's mates was fishing from the end of the gib-boom. 1752 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) at Ship (Plate) Flying Jibboom [no simple jib-boom shown]. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. Y Jib-Boom,..This boom..is nothing more than a continuation of the bowsprit forward, to which it may be considered as a top-mast. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xvi. 275 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. 1878 in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 55 Out on the jibboom in a gale He went in the darkness to furl a sail. < as lemmas |
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