Definition of "jib-sheet" []

• One of the ropes attached at one end to the clue of the jib and at the other to the bows of the vessel, to trim the sail. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Some of the Chinese stood in the forward part of the cockpit, near the cabin doors, and once, as I leaned over the cockpit rail to flatten down the jib-sheet a bit, I felt some one brush against my hip pocket."
• "I had devised an automatic jib-sheet which passed the jib across of itself, so there was no need for Maud to attend to that; but she was still hoisting the jib when I put the wheel hard down."
• "I did not stop to see what had become of the small boat, but sprang to the jib-sheet."