AskDefine | Define jibbing

Dictionary Definition

jibbing (See jib)
n : any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)

Verb

1 refuse to comply [syn: resist, balk, baulk]
2 shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly" [syn: jibe, gybe, change course] [also: jibbing, jibbed]
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