flying jib

noun

The foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel.

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Meanings

nounflying jib (plural flying jibs)

plural flying jibs · alternative flying-jib

  1. nauticalThe foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel.

    Next thing, rigging is heaved down directly over our heads, and a long-drawn cry and a rattling of hanks announce that the flying-jib has come in.

    1840, R[ichard] H[enry] D[ana], Jr., “CHAPTER XXXV”, in Two Years before the Mast. […] (Harper’s Family Library; no. CVI), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], →OCLC

Translations

Finnish ajopurje
  • ajopurjeThe foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel
Indonesian pelanjib
  • pelanjibThe foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel
Italian controfiocco
  • controfioccoThe foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel
Polish latacz
  • lataczThe foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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