Dictionary entry

Gib (4)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Gib, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gibbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gibbing.] To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs.

Gibbed lathe, an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.