"foresail of a ship," 1660s, gibb, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to gibbet, from notion of a sail "hanging" from a masthead [Barnhart, OED]. Or perhaps from jib (v.) "shift a sail or boom" (1690s), from Dutch gijben, apparently related to gijk "boom or spar of a sailing ship." Said to indicate a ship's character to an observant sailor as a strange vessel approaches at sea; also nautical slang for "face," hence cut of (one's) jib "personal appearance" (1821).
例文
1. We set the flying jib and cracked on.
三角帆を引っ張り、追い風に乗って走ります。
2."Courses,tops 'ls,and flying- jib ,sir."
「大横帆、中帆船、三角帆、船長.」
I must say I didn 't like the cut of his jib .
正直、私は彼の様子が好きではありません.
4.This mast held an iron stay upon which to hoist a jib -sail.