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Noun Concept
Categories: Nautical terms, Sailing ship components, Shipbuilding, Sailboat components, Sailing rigs and rigging
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jib  foresail  cut of your jib  flying jib  fore-sail
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Any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) WordNet 3.0
English:
sail
Definitions
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Any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A jib is a triangular sail that sets ahead of the foremast of a sailing vessel. Wikipedia
A foresail is one of a few different types of sail set on the foremost mast of a sailing vessel: A fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast of a schooner or similar vessel. Wikipedia
Triangular sail at the front of a sailing boat. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Type of sail Wikidata
a triangular sail that sets ahead of the foremast Wikidata
A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel. Wiktionary
A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast. Wiktionary
Triangular staysail. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
fore-and-aft sail
ship element
sail
staysail
HAS KIND
flying jib
fore-topmast staysail
outer jib
inner jib
genoa
+4 relations
DERIVATION
jibe
DIFFERENT FROM
headsail
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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jib
Wikipedia
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foresail, jib
Wikidata
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foresail, jib
Wiktionary
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foresail, jib
Wikipedia Redirections
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cut of your jib, flying jib, fore-sail, Fore sail, I like the cut of your jib, Inner jib, Jib (sail), jib sail, Jibb, Outer jib, storm jib

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