Definition of Flying jib

1. Noun. The outermost of two or more jibs.

Generic synonyms: Jib

Definition of Flying jib

1. Noun. (nautical) The foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flying Jib

flying coffins
flying colors
flying colours
flying column
flying dragon
flying drainpipe
flying field
flying fish
flying fox
flying foxes
flying frog
flying gecko
flying gurnard
flying gurnards
flying horse
flying jib (current term)
flying jib boom
flying jib booms
flying jibs
flying kiss
flying kisses
flying lemur
flying lemurs
flying lizard
flying machine
flying mare
flying marmot
flying meet
flying meets
flying mice

Literary usage of Flying jib

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

1. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1869)
""Man the flying-jib downhaul, clear away the halliards haul down ! ... I hasn't the pluck to lead the men out on the flying jib-boom ; I would be sure to ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... extended principally by means of the bowsprit, which, in addition to supporting the fore-mast by a stay, also supports the jib and flying-jib-booms for ..."

3. The Sailor's Word-book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, Including by William Henry Smyth (1867)
"Flying-jib. A sail set upon the flying jib-boom.—Middle or inner jib. A sail sometimes set on a stay secured to the middle of the jib-boom. ..."

4. A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp, Brooke Heckstall-Smith (1900)
"flying jib.—A jib set in vessels on the flying jib- boom. There is then the jib, the onter jib and flying jib, or inner jib, jib and flying jib ; probably ..."

5. Seamanship by George Strong Nares, United States Coast Guard Academy (1865)
"flying jib halliards. Single, from the port side of the deck, ... flying jib sheets. Single—rove on the bight, the centre of the rope has a half- crown and ..."

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