jib in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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jib in the PONS Dictionary

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It is designed to be sailed by one or two people and has a furling jib and trapeze.
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There are several terms for a jib with a boom on the foot: balanced jib, club-footed jib, and self-tending jib.
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They are sometimes referred to as foot chips, footsies, jibs, nubbins, edges or nibs.
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The boat is sailed by 2 people both on trapeze and has a main, jib and spinnaker.
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Jib sails can either be overlapping or self-tending.
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They carried, but did not use, a jib sail and rudder to negotiate unknown harbours in awkward winds.
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This is useful because the jib needs considerable fore stay tension to set well.
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Sails set forward of the foremost mast are known generically as "headsails", and might include jibs, genoas and spinnakers.
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The most common headsails are staysails, a term that includes jibs and the larger genoa.
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These generally consist of either a plastic pipe or a specially stiffened jib, and a spool to hold the furling line.
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