gib1
/dʒɪb
/noun [mass noun] NZ trademark
A building material used to form inner walls; plasterboard: the gib had come away from the frame there was dented gib and a cracked ceiling...
- The nauseating horror of having hacked away gib to reveal deep rot.
- I can get a room worth of timber and gib for under $1000.
- When they get around to fixing the cosmetic cracks in the gib you have to move out of the house.
Origin
1980s: an abbreviation of Gibraltar board.
Gib2
/dʒɪb/noun British
Short for Gibraltar. we reached Gib in August and docked at Oran...
- A door was created by making one section of panelling into a gib door.
- The blocks have an angle fit on the inside of the Tee Rings, and an extra adjustable gib to compensate for wear.
- The table slides on the planed ways of the pedestal, and is provided with a steel gib for taking up possible wear.