Dictionary entry

Jib (4)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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