flying jib boom


noun Nautical.

an extension on a jib boom, to which a flying jib is fastened.

Origin of flying jib boom

First recorded in 1825–35

Example sentences from the Web for flying jib boom

  • The foretop-mast, in going by the board, carried away the flying-jib-boom and flying-jibs.

    Manuel Pereira |F. C. Adams