jib boom

a spar forming a continuation of a bowsprit.

Origin of jib boom

First recorded in 1740–50

jiaozhou, jiaozhou bay, jiaozuo, jiayi, jib, jib boom, jib crane, jib-headed, jibaro, jibba, jibbons

Then, it is likely they hoisted it, as usual, at the end of the jib-boom?

The Red Rover |James Fenimore Cooper
Then, rushing forward, I laid out on the jib-boom and cast loose the inner jib, which Fonseca and José at once proceeded to hoist.

A Middy in Command |Harry Collingwood
On the 16th, in a heavy gale of wind, she lost her jib-boom.

Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 |Alfred Thayer Mahan
In another ten seconds some of them began to clamber out on the jib-boom, the rest after them.

The Ebbing Of The Tide |Louis Becke

She swung sideways on a roller, and gesticulated with her jib-boom from port to starboard.

"Captains Courageous" |Rudyard Kipling

jib boom

nautical a spar forming an extension of the bowsprit