jib boom

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Jib boom

Nautical, a spar or boom which serves as an extension of the bowsprit. It is sometimes extended by another spar called the flying jib boom. [Written also gib boom.]

From the entry Jib.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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