Usually means: Forwardmost sail on a ship.
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  1. flying jib: Merriam-Webster
  2. flying jib: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. flying jib: Collins English Dictionary
  4. flying jib: Vocabulary.com
  5. flying-jib, flying jib: Wordnik
  6. Flying jib: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  7. flying jib: Wiktionary
  8. flying jib: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. flying jib: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Flying jib, flying jib: Dictionary.com
  11. Flying jib: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. flying jib: Rhymezone
  13. flying jib: FreeDictionary.org
  14. flying jib: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. flying jib: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. flying jib: Encyclopedia

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (flying jib)

▸ noun:  (nautical) The foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel.

Similar:
flying jib boom, lazyjacks, fore-and-aft rig, gybe, jump jet, quadjet, airleg, jetfoil, flying, jetboating, more...

Opposite:
main sail, staysail, spinnaker, topsail, foresail

Phrases:
flying jib boom, more...

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Similar:
flying jib boom, lazyjacks, fore-and-aft rig, gybe, jump jet, quadjet, airleg, jetfoil, flying, jetboating, more...

Opposite:
main sail, staysail, spinnaker, topsail, foresail

Phrases:
flying jib boom, more...



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