Jib (disambiguation)
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Jib can refer to:
- Jib, a triangular sail at the front of a sailing boat
- the forward leaning arm at the end of the derrick of a mechanical crane
- the horizontal member ('boom') of a derrick
- Jib (camera), a boom device with a camera on one end
- a snowboarding term meaning 'to grind'
- JIB, acronym for latin jus in bello, one of the two parts of the laws of war, or Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC)
- Canadian slang for methamphetamine
- Jib (village), a West Bank Palestinian village at biblical Gibeon
[edit] Other uses
It is additionally used as a mountain biking term used to describe the acts of freestyle riders who use urban terrain as their playground as opposed to mountain trails.[citation needed]