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noun dʒɪbdʒɪb A wood or metal bolt, wedge, or pin for holding part of a machine or structure in place, usually adjusted by a screw or key.
verb dʒɪbdʒɪb [with object]Fasten (parts) together with a gib.
Origin Late 18th century: of unknown origin. noun dʒɪbdʒɪb mass nounNZ trademark A building material used to form inner walls; plasterboard. the gib had come away from the frame there was dented gib and a cracked ceiling Example sentencesExamples - There are areas in the house that have had no wiring in the wall and they've just come away, the gib's come away from the frame.
- There was this tiny hole in the gib and she poked her nose out.
- When they get around to fixing the cosmetic cracks in the gib you have to move out of the house.
- I mixed the mortar, I cut the bricks, I put up the gib, I bent the steel and put in the gardens.
- The nauseating horror of having hacked away gib to reveal deep rot.
- I can get a room worth of timber and gib for under $1000.
- I bought a house that needed renovating and there was no way I was putting gib board and roofing iron on.
- In homes you've got gib and gib stops fires.
- There are at least three properties where the Gib has been ripped off, and they're being marketed as a do-up.
- Matrix is a proper wood-framed house with timber weatherboards, cedar cladding is an option, Gib-lined and with a galvanized iron roof.
Origin 1980s: an abbreviation of Gibraltar board. noundʒɪbdʒɪb British we reached Gib in August and docked at Oran short for Gibraltar Example sentencesExamples - If a gib is used, the bridle will have to be made much longer.
- A door was created by making one section of panelling into a gib door.
- The table slides on the planed ways of the pedestal, and is provided with a steel gib for taking up possible wear.
- The blocks have an angle fit on the inside of the Tee Rings, and an extra adjustable gib to compensate for wear.
noundʒɪbjib A wood or metal bolt, wedge, or pin for holding part of a machine or structure in place, usually adjusted by a screw or key.
verbdʒɪbjib [with object]Fasten (parts) together with a gib.
Origin Late 18th century: of unknown origin. noundʒɪbjib NZ trademark A building material used to form inner walls; plasterboard. the gib had come away from the frame there was dented gib and a cracked ceiling Example sentencesExamples - There are areas in the house that have had no wiring in the wall and they've just come away, the gib's come away from the frame.
- There was this tiny hole in the gib and she poked her nose out.
- I bought a house that needed renovating and there was no way I was putting gib board and roofing iron on.
- I can get a room worth of timber and gib for under $1000.
- Matrix is a proper wood-framed house with timber weatherboards, cedar cladding is an option, Gib-lined and with a galvanized iron roof.
- In homes you've got gib and gib stops fires.
- The nauseating horror of having hacked away gib to reveal deep rot.
- There are at least three properties where the Gib has been ripped off, and they're being marketed as a do-up.
- When they get around to fixing the cosmetic cracks in the gib you have to move out of the house.
- I mixed the mortar, I cut the bricks, I put up the gib, I bent the steel and put in the gardens.
Origin 1980s: an abbreviation of Gibraltar board. noundʒɪbjib British we reached Gib in August and docked at Oran short for Gibraltar Example sentencesExamples - The blocks have an angle fit on the inside of the Tee Rings, and an extra adjustable gib to compensate for wear.
- If a gib is used, the bridle will have to be made much longer.
- A door was created by making one section of panelling into a gib door.
- The table slides on the planed ways of the pedestal, and is provided with a steel gib for taking up possible wear.
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