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Crossword clue: to shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.

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jib 3 letters web-def

any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)

jibb 4 letters web-def

To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.

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