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Word | Jib |
refuse to comply / any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) / A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe / a triangular staysail set forward of the forwardmost mast., | |
Usage | ⇒ They lifted the dumped cars with the jib of the crane ⇒ I have seen others opt for a cutter-type arrangement leaving the small jib and adding a genoa. |
Synonyms | balk, bow, rostrum, stem, beak, jibe, resist, baulk, gybe, foresail, nose, wince, agree, back down, balance, boom, bowsprit, change course, check, correspond, |
Antonyms | cave, choose, comply, grab, seize, spread, |
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