1. Any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)

1. Refuse to comply
   - resist, balk, baulk [Brit] 
2. Shift from one side of the ship to the other
   "The sail jibbed wildly"
   - jibe, gybe [Brit, Cdn], change course

Derived forms: jibs, jibbing, jibbed

Type of: disobey, fore-and-aft sail, sail

Encyclopedia: Jib

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