gib : Idioms & Phrases

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Gib and key, ∨ Gib and cotter

  • (Steam Engine), the fixed wedge or gib, and the driving wedge,key, or cotter, used for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at the end of a connecting rod.
Webster 1913

gib boom

Gib" boom`
Definitions
  1. See Jib boom.
Webster 1913

gib-cat

Gib"-cat` noun
Definitions
  1. A male cat, esp. an old one. See lst Gib. n. Obs. Shak.
Webster 1913

Gibbed lathe

  • an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.
Webster 1913