Definition of Bibbs

1. n. pl. Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.

Definition of Bibbs

1. Noun. (plural of bibb) ¹

2. Noun. (nautical) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bibbs

1. bibb [n] - See also: bibb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bibbs

bibber
bibberies
bibbers
bibbery
bibbing
bibble
bibble-babble
bibble-babbles
bibblebabble
bibblebabbled
bibblebabbles
bibblebabbling
bibbled
bibbles
bibbling
bibbs (current term)
bibcock
bibcocks
bibe
bibelot
bibelots
bibes
bibiliography
bibimbap
bibimbop
bibirine
bibitory
bible
bible leaf
bible leaves

Literary usage of Bibbs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"bibbs. The name of four characters in WK SUTER'S Quiet Family' (i¡.e. ... bibbs, and Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin bibbs. Bibby. The name of an actor who appeared ..."

2. The Warner Library by Charles Dudley Warner, Harry Morgan Ayres, John William Cunliffe, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1917)
"At his christening he was committed for life to "bibbs) ) mainly through lack of imagination on his mother's part, for though it was her maiden name, ..."

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