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

This may be remedied by making the point of the screw of such a cone that it will bed fair against gib c, without passing into a recess, the construction being as in Fig.

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

If one end has a key and gib or gibs, but no bolt, as at the small end in Fig.

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

It is gibbed to the under cutter frame u′ by the sliding gib x, the left hand head h being moved across the frame by the screw f′.

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

Sketch a connecting rod end, with strap, gib, and cotter.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan

In some designs this method is reversed, the gib being prolonged in a screw-thread, as shown in Fig.

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