Usually means: Small sail used in storms.
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  1. storm jib: Merriam-Webster
  2. storm jib: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. storm-jib: Wordnik
  4. storm jib: Wiktionary
  5. Storm jib: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. storm jib: TheFreeDictionary.com

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (storm jib)

noun:  (nautical) A small jib, used in a storm to reduce the sail area to the minimum required for maintaining manoeuvrability of the vessel.

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