Jib synonyms

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balk
(Baseball) An illegal motion by the pitcher, such as an uncompleted motion to throw to a base, while one foot is on the rubber: it entitles each base runner to advance one base
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arm
Arm is defined as a part, or extension of, a political body or organization.
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boom
(Nautical) A long spar extending from a mast to hold or extend the foot of a sail.
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foresail
(Nautical, on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast
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sail
Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
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stop
A place at which someone or something stops:
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jibe
The definition of jibe is slang for being in agreement.
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gybe
To sneer (see gibe.)
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change course
shift from one side of the ship to the other
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resist
To keep from yielding to, being affected by, or enjoying
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baulk
(UK) Alternative spelling of balk.
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mizzen
(Nautical) Hindmost; nearest the stern.
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fore-topsail
The sail set on the fore-topmast, above the foresail
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foreroyal
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forestaysail
A triangular sail set on the forestay.
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main-topsail
The sail set on the main-topmast above the mainsail
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mainsail
The principal sail of a vessel.
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moonraker
Someone from Wiltshire. (After a story in which some Wiltshire peasants, seeing the reflection of the moon in a pool, tried to rake it out.)
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moonsail
(Nautical) A moonraker (sail).
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spanker
(Naut.) A fore-and-aft sail, usually hoisted on a gaff, on the after mast of a square-rigged vessel
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spinnaker
A large triangular headsail secured only at the corners, used on sailboats when running before the wind.
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staysail
(Nautical) A fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast.
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topsail
(Nautical) In a fore-and-aft -rigged sailing boat, the sail that is set above the gaff at the top part of the mast.
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trysail
(Nautical) A small, strong 3-sided sail sometimes set in place of the mainsail in heavy weather.
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halyard (related)
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rudder (related)
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backstay (related)
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bowsprit (related)
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headsail (related)
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forestay (related)
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mainsheet (related)
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downhaul (related)
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Find another word for jib. In this page you can discover 32 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for jib, like: balk, arm, boom, foresail, sail, stop, jibe, gybe, change course, resist and baulk.
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  • In the right-hand corner is the shaft for a still working wooden jib crane.

  • Alan decided to furl the genoa and hoist the blade jib.

  • Have an equivalent mark for each of your jib halyard settings.

  • Bear away onto the original course and set the balloon jib again, the error costing us distance but thankfully not a place.

  • The Xylonite ' s long flying jib made the decision for them when the bobstay broke under the strain.

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