Jibb

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jib \Jib\, v. i. [Connected with jibe; cf. OF. giber to shake.]
     To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse;
     to balk. [Written also {jibb}.] [Eng.]
     [1913 Webster] Jib

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Jib \Jib\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Jibbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Jibbing}.] Also Jibb \Jibb\ [Cf. {Jib} a sail, {Gybe}.]
     (Chiefly Naut.)
     To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in
     tacking.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]