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flying jibs

flying jibs is the plural of flying jib.

Meaning of flying jib

Noun

flying jib (plural flying jibs)

  1. The 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

Questions about flying jibs

What is flying jibs the plural of?
Flying jibs is the plural of flying jib.

Words near flying jibs in the dictionary

  1. flying jenny
  2. flying jib
  3. flying jib boom
  4. flying jib booms
  5. flying jibboom
  6. flying jibs
  7. flying junction
  8. flying junctions
  9. flying kick
  10. flying kicks
  11. flying kiss

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