gib

¹ American  

[gib] / gɪb /

noun

1. a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.

2. Machinery.

   1. a thin, wedgelike strip of metal for controlling the area in which a moving part, as the table of a milling machine, slides.

   2. a keylike part having a head at each end, used with a matching cotter as a fastening.

3. (in carpentry or ironwork) a heavy metal strap for fastening two members together.

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verb (used with object)

gibbed, gibbing

1. to fasten (parts) together by means of a gib.

gib ² American  

[gib] / gɪb /

noun

1. a cat, especially a male cat.

2. a castrated cat.

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Gib. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Gibraltar.

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gib ¹ British  

/ ɡɪb /

noun

1. a metal wedge, pad, or thrust bearing, esp a brass plate let into a steam engine crosshead

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verb

1. (tr) to fasten or supply with a gib

Gib ² British  

/ dʒɪb /

noun

1. an informal name for Gibraltar

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gib ³ British  

/ ɡɪb /

noun

1. a male cat, esp a castrated one

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Etymology

Origin of gib¹

First recorded in 1555–65; origin uncertain

Origin of gib²

1350–1400; Middle English gib ( be ), short for Gilbert proper name

Example Sentences

In some cases a gib is employed, as shown at a in Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

By employing a gib instead of a weight, the bed may be provided with cross girts or ribs joining the two sides of the shear, thus giving much greater stiffness to it.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

“De ol’ debbil done gib meh a boost then fo’ suah!”

From Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best by Standish, Burt L.

Say he praise de young Inglesa for shooting de hippo; say he gib massa de hippo and manioc and bananas and anyfing whatever dat massa like.

From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Strang, Herbert

Suppose she like de oders, and stop down at de huts, what den? who gib de ole woman food? who gib her close? who gib her wine and medicine?

From A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)