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Definition of Gibbing
1. gib [v] - See also: gib
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gibbing
Literary usage of Gibbing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horse by William Youatt, Walker Watson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1874)
"One of the first kinds of restiveness, taking them in alphabetical order, is
backing or gibbing. These are so closely allied that we hardly know how to ..."
2. The Law of Horses: Including the Law of Innkeepers, Veterinary Surgeons, Etc by George Henry Hewitt Oliphant, Clement Elphinstone Lloyd (1882)
"gibbing. It is a disease not only infectious to beasts ... <) Backing and gibbing,
ante, of the disease is to be proved by 121; and see Farcy, ante. ..."
3. Youatt on the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse with Their Remedies by William Youatt, William Charles Spooner, Henry Stephens Randall (1857)
"BACKING OR gibbing.* One of the first kinds of restiveness, ... is backing or
gibbing. These are so closely allied that we hardly know how to separate them. ..."
4. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1891)
"Object of gibbing and Gutting Herring. " 1. To liberate the herring from the
blood, which is done by the removal of the gills, the throat and heart. ..."
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