gib
/ɡɪb/
noun
- A piece of metal or wood used to hold something in place or to guide moving parts in a machine.
- The mechanic adjusted the gib on the lathe to reduce vibration.
- He replaced the wooden gib in the old printing press.
- A worn gib can cause the machine's moving parts to wobble.
- A male cat, especially a castrated one.
- Our neighbor's gib is friendly but doesn't like being picked up.
- The old gib spent most of the day sleeping on the porch.
- The farmer kept a gib to control the mice in the barn.
verb
- To fasten or secure with a gib.
- He gibbed the metal plate into position using a mallet.
- The technician gibbed the bracket to the frame before welding.
- You need to gib the support beam tightly to prevent shifting.