balloon-jib

"If you refer either to the bowsprit or to the flying balloon-jib," he replied coldly, and acting generally as if he were very much bored,

The Autobiography of Methuselah John Kendrick Bangs 1892

Each yacht carried her large gaff-topsail and the balloon-jib.

The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Oliver Optic 1859

The balloon-jib, or the jib-topsail, was bent on with snap-hooks when it was needed, for only one was used at the same time.

The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Oliver Optic 1859

But she was provided with an abundance of "kites," including an immense gaff-topsail, which extended on poles far above the topmast head, and far beyond the peak, a balloon-jib, a jib-topsail, and a three-cornered studding-sail.

The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Oliver Optic 1859

Harbor; but the wind was rather light for her, and she had no opportunity to show her sailing qualities, though with her gaff-topsail and the balloon-jib, she walked by everything afloat that day.

The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Oliver Optic 1859

a balloon-jib and stays'ls "-- he pointed a quivering finger at the paper that Mr. Gammon was nursing --" and sendin 'me off on a tack that will pile me up on Fool Rocks.

The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900

"Strip your old tub down to a flying balloon-jib and a marline-spike, and ballast the Ark with elephants until every inch of her reeked with ivory and peanuts, and she'd outfoot you on every leg, in a cyclone or a zephyr.

The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. John Kendrick Bangs 1892