Jib (disambiguation)

Jib (disambiguation)

Jib can refer to:

* Jib, a triangular sail at the front of a sailing boat
* the forward leaning arm at the end of the derrick of a mechanical crane
* the horizontal member ('boom') of a derrick
* Jib (camera), a boom device with a camera on one end
* a snowboarding term meaning 'to grind'
* JIB, acronym for latin "jus in bello", one of the two parts of the laws of war, or Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC)
* Canadian slang for methamphetamine
* Jib (village), a West Bank Palestinian village at biblical Gibeon

Other uses

It is additionally used as a mountain biking term used to describe the acts of freestyle riders who use urban terrain as their playground as opposed to mountain trails.Fact|date=August 2007


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